The discovery of New Zealand
-In 1766, The Royal Society engaged Captain James Cook to travel to the Tahiti to observe and record the transit of Venus across the sun in order to determine the distance between the Earth and the Sun.
-On 26 August 1768, the Endeavour set sail from Plymouth, stocked with 18 months supplies and with 94 men aboard.
-After they were in Tahiti, they left for New Zealand after the search for the southern continent.
-On 6th October 1769, Nicholas Young, a surgeon's boy, sighted the coastline of New Zealand from the masterhead of the Endeavour.
-On 8th October, the Endeavour sailed into the bay, and laid anchor at the entrance of the small river of Tuurang-nui(Poverty Bay) . Cook named the bay," Young Nick's Head" after Nicholas Young.
-On 26 August 1768, the Endeavour set sail from Plymouth, stocked with 18 months supplies and with 94 men aboard.
-After they were in Tahiti, they left for New Zealand after the search for the southern continent.
-On 6th October 1769, Nicholas Young, a surgeon's boy, sighted the coastline of New Zealand from the masterhead of the Endeavour.
-On 8th October, the Endeavour sailed into the bay, and laid anchor at the entrance of the small river of Tuurang-nui(Poverty Bay) . Cook named the bay," Young Nick's Head" after Nicholas Young.
The Discovery of Australia
-Captain Cook has not seen his family for quite some time by then. Having mapped New Zealand, he could head home but instead he headed west. The Endeavour reaches the east coast of Australia. Captain Cook lands in Botany Bay, which he originally names Stingray Bay. To mark the occasion, Cook recommends his wife's 17 year old cousin, midshipman Isaac Smith to land first.