Cook Sets Sail on 1st Voyage
08/26/1768 AD departed
One public objective was to observe the transit of Venus Cook's orders incluuded two "Secret"
- After Tahiti, Cook was instructed to sail directly south in search of the long-imagined sixth continent
- Next, he was to turn west to New Zealand, from where he was free to choose his homeward route
Plymouth, England
Lattitude: 50.3755° N
Longitude: 4.1426° W
Region: Europe
Modern Day United Kingdom
Lattitude: 50.3755° N
Longitude: 4.1426° W
Region: Europe
Modern Day United Kingdom
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James Cook (Captain James Cook) Cook made detailed maps ...
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