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On this day ... 15 November 1769 Endeavour Voyage Maps James Cook Joseph Banks Parkinson The Range from Tolaga to Mercury Bay Index Search Contact us
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The Range from Tolaga to Mercury Bay (continued) Before we left the bay, we cut upon one of the trees near the watering-place the ship’s name, and that of the Commander, with the date of the year and month when we were there; and, after displaying the English colours, I took a formal possession of it in the name of his Britannic Majesty King George the Third.
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