events
James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay, which he names.
Related Wikipedia articles
James Cook
British explorer and naval officer (1728–1779)
Captain James Cook was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer, and cartographer who led three important voyages of exploration to the Pacific and Southern Oceans between 1768 and 1779. He completed the first recorded circumnavigation of the main islands of New Zealand, and was…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Australia
Country in Oceania
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It has a total area of 7,688,287 km2 (2,968,464 sq mi), making it the sixth-largest country in the world…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Botany Bay
Open ocean bay in Sydney, Australia
Botany Bay is an open oceanic embayment, located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 13 km (8 mi) south of the Sydney central business district. Its source is the confluence of the Georges River at Taren Point and Sans Souci as well as the Cooks River at Kyeemagh, which flows…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
April 29
Day of the year
April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 246 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)