Voyage that changed everything: 'There's no way Cook could've found Australia by himself'

Alasdair McDonald
Updated April 22 2020 - 2:52pm, first published 11:30am
A depiction of the arrival of Cook and his men, which also included a Tahitian priest and navigator, at what is now called Botany Bay in 1770. Picture: William MacLeod 1899
A depiction of the arrival of Cook and his men, which also included a Tahitian priest and navigator, at what is now called Botany Bay in 1770. Picture: William MacLeod 1899

A quarter of a millennia ago this week, the son of a Scottish farm labourer turned navy commander sailed the coastline on a mission his backers claimed would help accurately measure how far our planet is from the sun.

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