The correct answer is James Cook (Captain James Cook).While Indigenous Australians lived on the continent for over 65,000 years, and Dutch explorers (like Willem Janszoon) charted parts of the coast in the early 1600s, Captain James Cook is the explorer... Read More
The correct answer is James Cook (Captain James Cook).While Indigenous Australians lived on the continent for over 65,000 years, and Dutch explorers (like Willem Janszoon) charted parts of the coast in the early 1600s, Captain James Cook is the explorer most famous for the British "discovery" of the eastern coast.
In 1770, James Cook, sailing the HMS Endeavour, reached the south-east coast of Australia.
It is important to note that the term "discovered" is often used in a Eurocentric context.
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