James Cook | First European to Find Australia

Captain James Cook was not even a Captain when he went on his incredible voyage to discover the 'Great Southern Continent', and he didn't even discover it! How fun! From humble stock, James Cook was promoted to Lieutenant and took the HMS Endeavour on a routine mission to Tahiti to facilitate the observation of the passage of Venus. However, he also had secret orders...to discover a mysterious continent in the South Pacific. What he found wasn't the long imagined continent, but instead found Australia, a discovery which shaped the history of the Pacific forever!

This video covers:
1) Why the 'Great Expedition' was launched
2) Who Captain Cook Was
3) How Vasco Da Gama made it to Australia
4) The legacy of the voyage

These videos are made by Andy Hassan as part of the History Blast series. These are meant for educational purposes only.

At the start of the video, I introduced the channel as 'History Bite'. Please note that this is the old name of History Blast, which was changed in August 2021. The use of the name can be attributed to the Trademark 'History Bites', registered to Solomon Schmidt.

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