On June 11, 1770, British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy James Cook discovered the Great Barrier Reef while running aground and risking his ship, the HMS Endeavour, to sink.

Aug 2, 2023 · British navigator James Cook charted New Zealand and Australia's Great Barrier Reef on his ship HMB Endeavour and later disproved the existence of the fabled southern continent Terra...

As the Endeavour moved up the Australian coastline it got stuck on a coral outcrop of the Great Barrier Reef. Cook wrote in his journal about the nightmare of the next 24 hours as the sails were taken down and six cannons, thousands of gallons of water and tons of other materials were thrown overboard to lighten the ship.

Jun 11, 2023 · Both Captain Cook and the Great Barrier Reef are remarkable in their own right. But what happened when their paths crossed on June 11, 1770, is a story worth telling.

Exactly 250 years ago today Captain James Cook ‘discovered’ the Great Barrier Reef the hard way when his ship Endeavour ran into it on the 11th June 1770 and nearly sank. The Reef is located in the Coral Sea off the north-eastern coast of Australia and stretches some 2,300 km (over 1,400 miles).

Meet James Cook, British navigator and captain in the Royal Navy who charted New Zealand and Australia's Great Barrier Reef on his ship, Endeavour, and provided the first accurate map of the Pacific Ocean.

Jun 26, 2024 · Captain Cook and the ship's crew leave new Zealand and set sail for the east of Australia. He arrives at Stingray Bay, now known as Botany Bay. The HMS Endeavour runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef. The ship is badly damaged, though, surprisingly did not sink. Here, the men site their first kangaroo.

Jun 27, 2024 · On the tenth of June 1770, the HMS Endeavour strikes the Great Barrier Reef. The Endeavour was seriously damaged. In the next three months, the cru helped the repairs of the ship in the Endeavour River. Meanwhile, James Cook and his other men got contact with the people of New Holland. The people were very different to the Māori.

Captain James Cook, the British explorer credited with discovering Australia, also found the Great Barrier Reef by sudden impact. His ship, the Endeavour, ran aground on the Reef on June 11, 1770.

On June 11, 1770, the British explorer Captain James Cook experienced a significant and challenging event during his first voyage of discovery aboard the HMS Endeavour. This incident marked the first recorded European contact with the Great Barrier Reef, a pivotal moment in maritime exploration history. Background