Cook's First Voyage

Plymouth around the world and home — Cook's first voyage, 1768–71: to Tahiti for the transit of Venus, then south in search of a continent, charting New Zealand and eastern Australia.

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August 26, 1768July 13, 1771

August 26, 1768

July 13, 1771