1. Captain James Cook
... ". Aboard the ship were also men that the Royal society wanted to study sights the Endeavour would see. Among them were two artists, Sydney Parkinson and Alexander Buchan, a botanist named Joseph banks, and an astronomer Charles Green. Sadly, whilst at a cove that cook named the bay of good success; Buchan had an epileptic fit that ended his life. Cook and his crew ... . The first impressions of New Holland were made. Cook and the crew were amazed with the ridges, plains and valleys. Banks was very interested; the land was fertile with many plants and trees he had never seen before. Cook ...
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