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Postcard titled ‘Captain Cook, born 1728, discovered Australia 1770, killed 1779’

Captain Cook's three voyages of discovery between 1768 and his death in 1779 produced accurate maps, extensive collections of natural history specimens and ethnographic objects, and major advances in navigation which revolutionised European understanding of the Pacific and laid the path for British colonisation of Australia and New Zealand.

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National Museum of Australia

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