English explorer Captain James Cook (then Lieutenant) anchors at Botany Bay in Australia on April 29, 1770, during his first voyage on the HMS Endeavour, marking the first recorded European landing on Australia's eastern coast.
They fished, explored, found water and botanized but they didn’t set up a land based camp and remained on board their ship. The Endeavour departed on May 6th seven days after her arrival. Cook's arrival led to his charting of the east coast and claiming it for Britain, but he found the bay unsuitable for settlement. The Endeavour departed on May 6th seven days after her arrival, moving to Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour). More
