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Captain Cook proclaimed the eastern portion of Australia a British possession

Captain Cook proclaimed the eastern portion of Australia a British possession at various points during the Endeavour's journey along the coast between April and August 1770, as his Instructions required. This travel poster, produced in the 1930s, is an imagined view of the ceremony at Botany Bay, later adapted for the engraving shown here.