why di james cook look for land
Captain James Cook
Cook's Cove in Tahiti
James Cook landed in Poverty Bay in 1769.
1. James Cook was not looking for Venus. He was sent to observe the transit of Venus, which was a different event, and best visible from Tahiti. 2. Cook then did sight New Zealand, reaching the islands in October 1769.
James Cook was a lieutenant, not a captain, when he explored Australia's east coast.He did not land where Sydney now stands. He first landed in Botany Bay, some 8 km south of the entrance to Port Jackson (Sydney).
Yes and no. Cook was instructed to search for the great southern continent. He found the east coast of Australia, although the western half of the continent had already been found, but the continent was not the huge land mass he was expecting to find.
Lieutenant James Cook (he did not become captain until several years later) arrived at the southeastern point of land now known as Point Hicks in April 1770.
On 19 April 1770, officer of the watch, Lieutenant Zachary Hicks, sighted land and alerted James Cook (not yet a captain, but a lieutenant).
Captain James Cook was the first known European to actually land on New Zealand, although the islands had been discovered by Abel Tasman in 1642.
Captain James Cook was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer. He landed in Tahiti twice, in 1769 and in 1777.
James Cook did not conquer any land. He circumnavigated New Zealand and landed on Australia's eastern coast, claiming both countries for England, but he neither discovered nor conquered these two lands.
because captain james cook found this land and said that it would be a good place for the convicts