Captain James Cook

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Captain James Cook

• And the Discovery of Australia

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About Cook

• Captain James Cook was Born on the 27th of
  October 1728 in a small Yorkshire village of
  Marton. But is a Scot by ancestry.
• At 17 he worked for a shopkeeper in Staithes near
  Whitby.
• But he decided that a life at sea was what he
  wanted and he became apprenticed to a firm of
  Whitby coal shippers.
• He joined the Royal Navy, after studying
  mathematics and astronomy. He did this under
  candlelight.

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The First Voyage

• Captain James Cook first voyage was to track the
  transit of Venus, they stated there voyage and
  sailed to Tahiti were they anchored off shore
  were they watched the transit of Venus in
  beautiful conditions. After Tahiti they sailed to
  New Zealand and sailed around New Zealand they
  proved that it wasnt apart of the southern
  continent. After charting New Zealand they Cook
  sailed North to Tasmania.

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Australia East Coast Discovery

• While Sailing towards Tasmania A strong Storm
  blew them North and Cook made landfall at Point
  Hicks, after landing at Point Hicks they turned
  North-East and North, And on the 29th of
  April,1770, the Endeavour entered Botany Bay. In
  Botany Bay a stay of one exciting week led to the
  colonization of Australia. What was gained at
  Botany Bay was stingrays and plants. Also Cook
  spoke of a large greyhound, of a mouse color and
  very swift, they were also astonished by how it
  stood on its hind legs and it made vast bounds.
  

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Australia East Discovery Continue

• After Botany Bay, Cook continue to sail North
  were he charted the coast and named many opening
  like Port Jackson. Then dangers came on the 11th
  of June the Endeavour suddenly ran aground. Cook
  delivered Decision with coolness and precession.
  The crew throw forty to fifty tons but the ship
  wasnt fast enough on the reef. They that they
  would by killed by natives if they went to the
  land. The reason the Endeavour stay afloat was a
  lump of coral the size of a man fist had plugged
  the hole, this piece of coral save the
  colonization of Australia.