Did Captain Cook discover Australia, U be the judge?
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- Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:32:37 -0700
Did Captain Cook discover Australia, U be the judge (Part One)
Firstly some relevent BackGround
1504 "On the discovery of the new world ..the Chinese to whom no
doubt belongs the honour of the first discovery of Australia Marco
Polo charts indicated the position of a Great south Land In addition
to the chart of Marco Polo another Chart now in the British Museum and
bearing the date 1542
1606 The Dutch yacht Duyfen, on returning from an exploring
expedition along the coast of new Guinea, touches upon the eastern
shore of the Gulf of Carpentaria. Fernandez de Quiros sails from Peru
and discovers the New Hebrides called by him "Australia del Espiritu
Sancto" Vaes detorres, the Spanish Navigator passes through the Strait
which bears his name, obtains a view of cape York, Northern Australia
1642 On the 24th November at about 4 O'clock in the afternoon Able
Janz Tasman, with sixty men in the Heemskerck and Fifty in the
Zeehaen, sights land with in the south seas unknown to any European
nation, on the 2nd December 1642, they land at the entrance to
Blackmans Bay and conferred on it the name Anthony Van Diemans landt,
in honour of the Governor - General who instigated the discoverage
voyage and named Van Diemans Land.
1663 Thevenot's Charts of the west coast of Hollandia Nova published
1767 Maps published in London, showed that practically all the coast
of Australia from the inner side of the York Peninsula right around to
about midway across the Gulf of Carpentaria also that part of Tasmania
from Freyciner's Peninsula and the eastern shores of New Zealand, had
been discovered.
1768 Captain Cook sails on his first voyage August 26th 1768.
1770 Captain Cook in the Endeavour had been appointed to prove that
New Zealand was not part of the continent, and to discover whether Van
Diemans land was part of the same. Point Hicks descried by Lieut.
Hicks of the Endeavour April
19th 1770. Soon after Cook lands, discovers Botany Bay. Captain Cook
passes through the Torres Straits, (Cook ignorant of Torres
discovery) Busted Bay, Thirsty Sound, Endeavour River, visited and
named by Cook. On the 2nd August 1770, he landed a party of Marines on
Possession Island and claimed possession of the land in name of King
of Great Britain, George 111 (see Captain Cook's orders)
(q1) Did Captain Cook discover,australia
(q2) did Cook break the maritime law of the time,
(q3) Did Cook find (australia) uninhabited in 1770,
(q4) "Did cook get the consent of the natives to take possession
(q5) Did Cook follow his orders Given under the hands of the
commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of Great
Britain & Co.
Do you know, (loreofficeae@xxxxxxxxxxxx) got to be in it to win it,
Coming soon See part 2 Captain Cook Orders
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