A statue of Captain James Cook in Sydney’s eastern suburbs has ... Cook arrived in Sydney Cove in 1770 where he and his crew landed at Botany Bay, opening up the continent now known as Australia ...

LONDON — Four Aboriginal spears that were taken to England by Captain James ... the first contact between Cook's crew and the Indigenous people of Kamay, or Botany Bay. The spears were presented ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. When Lieutenant James Cook and the crew of HMB Endeavour stepped ashore in Botany Bay in April 1770 – during their exploration of ...

They are the same “lances” that were taken – or stolen – from Botany Bay by Captain James Cook’s party during their first recorded contact with Australia’s Indigenous people on April ...

From his seat, Kelly looks out across the wind-chopped ocean, where 248 years ago Captain James Cook sailed on his way up the east coast of the continent. Nine days after passing this point, the ...

The Captain ... where Cook died. He was killed in 1779 after a fight broke out between the Hawaiians and Westerners. The monument stands on the shore of Kealakekua Bay. Today, this is a popular ...

(Maria Nugent) Captain Cook himself told us what he did see when ... He was just south of Sydney, at what would come to be called Botany Bay, thanks to the collecting work of the botanist Joseph ...