Where : National Maritime Museum, Sydney
When : 3053pm Thursday 24th June 2010
Weapon : FujiFilm FinePix S3 Pro
Window : AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
This is the beautiful replica of Cook's Endeavour. James Cook did not discover Australia. The first records of European mariners sailing into 'Australian' waters occurs around 1606, and includes their observations of the land known as Terra Australis Incognita (unknown southern land). The first ship and crew to chart the Australian coast and meet with Aboriginal people was the Duyfken captained by Dutchman, Willem Janszoon.
Between 1606 and 1770, an estimated 54 European ships, many from the Dutch East Indies Company and the ships of Abel Tasman charted parts of the north, west and south coasts of Australia which became known as New Holland.
In 1770, Lieutenant James Cook charted the Australian east coast in HM Barque Endeavour, claiming the east coast under instruction from King George III of England on 22 August 1770 at Possession Island, and naming eastern Australia 'New South Wales'.
