Which cape did Captain Cooks ship first sight land?
In Australia, the first land sighted by the crew of Captain Cook’s ship was Point Hicks. On 19 April 1770, officer of the watch, Lieutenant Zachary Hicks, sighted land and alerted Captain Cook. Cook made out low sandhills which he named Point Hicks, although he did not yet know whether they formed part of an island or a continent. Point Hicks lies on the far southeastern corner of the Australian continent.
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