Politics is nothing. We are free only on the ocean. ~ Renato Beluche
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Seafaring Sunday: Botany Bay
April 29, 1770: Captain James Cook, RN lands an English expedition in a large harbor on the coast of what will be known as Australia and names it Botany Bay.
Header: Landing of Cook at Botany Bay by Emanuel Phillips Fox c 1902 via Museum Syndicate
2 comments:
Ahoy, Pauline! Botany Bay always reminds me of the old Star Trek shows/movies...
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I thought of that too. I even looked it up hoping that Ricardo Montelban as Kahn episode was first shown on 4/29. Sadly, no...
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