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
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2 comments:

  1. Timmy!April 29, 2012 at 4:32 PM

    Ahoy, Pauline! Botany Bay always reminds me of the old Star Trek shows/movies...

    ;-)

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  2. PaulineApril 29, 2012 at 5:50 PM

    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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