books.google.ie - In 1770, Captain James Cook sailed up the east coast of Australia in his ship, the HM Bark Endeavour. Setting out from England in 1768, he was given two instructions: to observe the transit of Venus and to find and chart the mythical "Great Southern Land". He succeeded in both tasks, despite he and his...http://books.google.ie/books/about/From_Cook_to_Convicts.html?id=KTsgKZtYylsC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareFrom Cook to Convicts
