Captain Cook did not call Australia Australia. He gave the name of New South Wales to the entire eastern half of the continent. Matthew Flinders, who was the first known European explorer to...
He was found guilty of forgery at the Central Criminal Court, London, on 9 April 1851 and sentenced to transportation for fourteen years; the first things what I know afterwards, he arrived at...
No. James Cook only named the eastern half of the continent New South Wales.The name "Australia" was derived from the name proposed by Matthew Flinders, which was "Terra Australis". Captain Cook...