Captain Arthur Phillip was 49 years old when he arrived in Australia. He turned 50 in October of 1788, the year the First Fleet arrived.
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James Cook (not yet a captain) explored New Zealand in 1769, just prior to his arrival in Australia.
It is a common misconception that Captain Cook discovered Australia. He did not. The Australian continent had been populated by Aborigines for thousands of years, and visited by numerous Asian traders and, later, explorers since the first known European visitor in 1616. Captain James Cook was the first European to sight and chart the eastern coast of Australia, which he did between April and August 1770.
James Cook (not yet a captain) claimed New South Wales for Great Britain in 1770.
According to Kepler's Universe theory, the universe was born in 4977 BC.
Captain Cook's first journey to the eastern coast of Australia was in 1770. He charted and explored along the coast between April and August of that year, naming it New South Wales.
Johannes Kepler discovered that planets orbit in elliptical paths around the sun in the early 17th century, specifically around the year 1605. This was a key contribution to his laws of planetary motion, known as Kepler's laws.
James Cook raised the British flag on Australia's eastern coast in 1770.
James Cook never settled in Australia. After charting the eastern coast of the continent in 1770, he returned to England. During his life, he made two more significant voyages, but his home remained in England.
Cook and The Endeavor left on their expedition from Plymouth on Aug. 26, 1768. The ship reached Tahiti in April 1769. New Zealand was discovered on Oct. 7, 1769 before moving on to the eastern coast of Australia. It returned back to England on July 13, 1771.
Johannes Kepler studied under Tycho Brahe starting in 1600. After Brahe died one year later, Kepler took over his position as astronomer to the court in Prague.