|
JAMES COOK
1728 - 1779
Captain James Cook was a British explorer who ended up at
a Hawaiian BBQ. As the roast.
Among others, Cook took with him
mapmakers, artists and a number of scientists. These included
Joseph Banks, a well-known botanist, and Charles Green,
an astronomer.
One of James Cook's missions was to
observe the movement of the planet Venus from the island of Tahiti.
Nobody knew for certain, but it was
suspected that a large continent was to be found in the South
Pacific.
And here is the map of James Cook's expeditions in
the Southern Pacific
1700-1763
World Map
Cook mapped the coast of New Zealand and the east coast of
Australia, 5000 miles of coastland which he claimed for
Britain.
|
