James Cook lands in Botany Bay – watched by the wary locals
Mar 19, 2020
2 minutes
BY DIANA PRESTON
on Thursday 19 April 1770, James Cook – perhaps Britain’s greatest navigator – sighted the south-east coast of Australia while commanding HMS . It was “rather low, and not very hilly, the face of the country green and woody”. On 29 April, he
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