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Wednesday, March 6, 2019

captain cook charting our islands

hey guys here is a story i would like to share with you,its called CAPTAIN COOK CHARTING OUR ISLANDS by Melanie lovell-smith
This is captain cook he has been traveling seas and exploring new things and new islands.
When captain james cook was ready to set sail he had two instructions,the first instruction was to travel to tahiti to observe the transit of venus.
did you know that captain cook has been traveling all over the world and he was the first person to find new zealand.
He has alot of charts he also has another one about latitude and longitude.
he has been using one compass the whole journey.
This is why you should read this book because it teaches and here is a fact captain cooks ship is called the Endeavour
here are some photos from the book
the map of the world









here is one part of new zealand











here is the other part of new zealand









here is the thing captain cook used to see where to go its called a sextant


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