Captain James Cook enlisted scientists on his voyages to record the vegetation. On the original voyage of discovery, several new species were found. These included New Zealand Flax, Eucalyptus, Grevillia, Callistemon. Mimosa and Dillenea. After running into a reef on their way back home, they were forced to wait several weeks prior to resuming the voyage. At this time, Banksia, Moreton Bay Pine and Hibiscus were discovered.
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Captain James Cook is believed to be the first European explorer to discover Norfolk Island, doing so on 10 October 1774.
Captain Cook did not discover any countries. He explored many, including New Zealand and Australia, and he discovered and named the Hawaiian Islands, which he originall called the Sandwich islands. He did not discover any countries.
James Cook charted the east coast of Australia.
Captain James Cook went to New Zealand, Australia, the South Pacific Islands and Hawaii just for his interest
Captain cook and his crew were able to discover an alternate route to asia that was not previously know. It was a guicker route.