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The discovery of the eastern coast of New Holland was the result of that laudable and beneficial spirit of enterprise and investigation, which conferred on the name of Captain Cook so just a claim to posthumous gratitude and immortal renown. Four months of his first voyage round the world, this celebrated circumnavigator dedicated to the exploration of this hitherto unknown tract of the universe, stretching, from the
north-east to the south-west, to an extent of nearly two thousand miles, to which he gave the name of New South Wales. Read more...
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