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Wo ist Botany Bay?
Botany Bay liegt gerade einige Kilometer südlich des zentralen Geschäftsviertels von Sydney: Hier gingen die Briten unter der Führung von Captain James Cook im Jahre 1770 erstmals an Land.
Was ist am 3 Juni 1787 passiert?
Am 3. Juni 1787 lief die Flotte Santa Cruz auf der Insel Teneriffa an.
Was passierte im Jahr 1787?
Für die Freunde der Kunst und Kultur ist 1787 ein erfreuliches Jahr: Schiller schreibt mit „Don Carlos“, Goethe mit „Iphigenie“ und Kant mit „Kritik der praktischen Vernunft“ ein wertvolles und wichtiges Werk. Außerdem wird die Oper „Don Giovanni“ von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart uraufgeführt.
How long did James Cook stay at Botany Bay?
7am-5.30pm (June to July) In 1770, Lieutenant (later Captain) James Cook landed at Botany Bay’s Inscription Point. He and his Endeavour crew stayed in the area for eight days and had a dramatic impact on Australian history.
Where was Captain Cook when he came ashore in Australia?
The Endeavour sailed north along the NSW coast and Cook came ashore at Botany Bay (now a suburb 13km south of the Sydney city centre) on April 29, 1770. The replica of HMS Endeavour, moored at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney, NSW. WHAT DID HE AND HIS CREW DO HERE?
Did the history books get it wrong about Captain Cook?
But 250 years on, the descendants of the Aboriginal people who first spotted the English explorer’s ship say the history books got at least part of the story wrong. Our understanding of the events that unfolded on the afternoon of April 29, 1770 come mostly from the journals of Captain Cook and his crew.
When did the idea of establishing a colony at Botany Bay begin?
The idea of establishing a colony at Botany Bay started with the ‘Matra proposal’ in August 1783, even before the end of the War of Independence between America and England. James Matra who travelled with Cook to the South Seas in 1770, spoke of New South Wales as having good soil, advantages of flax cultivation,…