COOK'S DARING VOYAGE
9. Swivel gun (12 total)10. Captain’s cabin11. Quarterdeck12. Ship's supplies13. Bosun's storeroom14. Gunner’s cabin15. Artist’s cabin16. First lieutenant's cabin
1. Gallows2. Main deck3. Great cabin4. Pantry5. Surgeon’s cabin6. Joseph Banks’ cabin7. Galley8. Tiller
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Captain James Cook, 1775 by Nathaniel Dance-HollandNATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM, GREENWICH, UK
Captain Cook's Landing at Botany, A.D.
Published in Town & Country Journal, 1872
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA
Pages including engraved charts from
a copy of Cook's Endeavour log,
penned by his clerk MITCHELL LIBRARY
Illustrations of the flora on Cook's first Pacific voyage by Sydney Parkinson, under the direction of botanist Joseph BanksNATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
En route from Plymouthin Devon, England
August 26, 1768 Sailed from Plymouth with orders to search for an unknown southern land
April 29, 1770 Landed in Botany Bay
July 12, 1771 Arrived back in Kent
CLASS BARKLength
29.77 metres Top speed
7-8 knots (13-15km/h)
Sails 2777m/sq
THE CARGO HOLD WAS PACKED WITH:
20 TONNES OF BISCUITS AND FLOUR
1200 GALLONS OF BEER
1600 GALLONS OF SPIRITS
4000 PIECES OF SALTED BEEF
6000 PIECES OF SALTED PORK
7860 POUNDS OF SAUERKRAUT
BOTANY BAY
HMS ENDEAVOUR 94 CREWWhen Cook
landed at Botany Bay he was the first European to set foot on the east coast of the continent
