Lesson 115 Television Day: Captain Cook
TV Commentary:
The great explorer, Captain Cook, set out from England in 1768 in his ship, Endeavour. He wanted to explore the South Pacific. After he had sailed round the two islands of New Zealand, he travelled up the east coast of Australia. The Dutch explorer, Tasman, had discovered the west coast of Australia in the 17th century. He had also been to New Zealand, but he hadn’t brought back much information. Tasman didn’t discover that New Zealand was really two islands. He didn’t know that Australia was an enormous continent. Captain Cook made maps of the coast-line of new Zealand and Australia. His great journey took nearly three years. The endeavour returned to England on July 13th, 1771. Ninety-three men had sailed with captain Cook and thirty-eight of them had died on the journey. |