Captain Cook charts the eastern coast of Australia

Category
Discovery
Place
Austral Realm
Date
1770
Reference
Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
Joseph Banks was one of the naturalists who collected many plants. Cook named the place "Botany Bay." The first contact with the Aboriginal Australians was not friendly as they refused gifts. Captain Cook and his men forced them to flee with musket fire. [Furtado: 1001 Days]

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Category
Geography
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2020
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