The Cook expedition sails east over the …
Years: 1774 - 1774
December
The Cook expedition sails east over the Pacific and sights the western end of the Strait of Magellan on December 17.
They spend Christmas in a bay they name Christmas Sound on the western side of Tierra del Fuego.
They spend Christmas in a bay they name Christmas Sound on the western side of Tierra del Fuego.
Locations
People
- Alexander Dalrymple
- Anders Sparrman
- Charles Clerke
- Georg Forster
- George Vancouver
- James Burney
- James Cook
- Jean-Baptiste Charle Bouvet de Lozier
- Joseph Banks
- Tobias Furneaux
- William Bayly
- William Hodges
- William Wales
Groups
Topics
- Exploration of Oceania, European
- Voyages of scientific exploration, European and American
- Cook, Second Voyage of James
