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.
James Cook landed in Poverty Bay in 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).
On 19 April 1770, officer of the watch, Lieutenant Zachary Hicks, sighted land and alerted James Cook (not yet a captain, but a lieutenant).
James Cook never settled in Australia. After charting the eastern coast of the continent in 1770, he returned to England. During his life, he made two more significant voyages, but his home remained in England.
Lieutenant James Cook (not yet a captain) first landed inside the southern headland of Botany Bay, on 29 April 1770. He actually first sighted land at Point Hicks, near the present-day border of NSW and Victoria.
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Cook's Cove in Tahiti
James Cook landed in Poverty Bay in 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).
On 19 April 1770, officer of the watch, Lieutenant Zachary Hicks, sighted land and alerted James Cook (not yet a captain, but a lieutenant).
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.
No. Australia was discovered (by Europeans) by the Dutch, who called it Van Dieman's Land. The great Captain Cook rediscovered it and claimed it as a British territory.
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.
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The first European captain to land on New Zealand soil was Dutch explorer Abel Tasman in 1642. He landed in what is now known as Golden Bay on the South Island.
James Cook never settled in Australia. After charting the eastern coast of the continent in 1770, he returned to England. During his life, he made two more significant voyages, but his home remained in England.