Writing on two historic events using Bill Bryson's book "Down Under"

Australian Studies

Summative Assessment Activity No 2.

HMS ENDEAVOUR

In Chapter Four of Bill Brysons apply down in the mouth Under He starts talking about victor pee. In 1770 Lieutenant James fudge and his crew aboard the HMS Endeavour discovered the South-east corner of Australia and sailed 1,800 miles to Cape York, this all the same was not what Cook had set out to achieve scarce it was to play a big part in the bill of Australia. Cook set off again this time to search the lands of the South seas, and bring home anything that looked scientifically interesting. I this ternion year voyage, he gathered up 30,000 specimens which included 1,400 Plants never seen before. So on 19th April 1770 when HMS Endeavour returned to the South-east weight of Australia, Cook and his crew where already on a role. Cook named this spot Point Hicks and turned to the North. For Four months Cook headed up the coast. They stopped ashore at Possession Island, Planted a flag and claimed the East coast for Great Britain. Cook returned in two ways to the pacific on greater voyages. Cook was Murdered in 1779 and was said to be eaten by natives on a coast in Hawaii.

Thanks to Cooks discoveries Australia became known. This was a unbelievable achievement and is very wellhead known today.



From reading this part of Bill Brysons book Down Under I have discovered a midget bit more about the way Australia was discovered, I knew a Little bit about Cooks voyages already but in reading this I have also discovered that Cook was supposedly eaten by the natives of Hawaii in 1779.

Captain Cooks voyages on the post Endeavour have a lot of relevance to Australia today. It was these voyages which later on lead to the colonisation of Australia as it is today.

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