Erection date: 29/4/1970
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He surveyed the St Lawrence River in 1759. In three voyages, 1768 - 1779, he charted the coasts of New Zealand, the East Coast of Australia and the Pacific Coast of North America.
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On this site stood a house occupied for some years by Captain James Cook, RNFRS, 1728 -1779, circumnavigator and explorer.
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Erected by the Greater London Council to commemorate the bicentenary of his landing at Botany Bay, New South Wales. 29 April 1770 - 29 April 1970.
The erection of this unusual GLC plaque was probably prompted by the 1970 visit by the Queen to Australia to commemorate the bicentenary of Cook landing at Botany Bay.
Site: Captain Cook’s house - E1 (2 memorials)
E1, Mile End Road, 88
The address was 7 Assembly Row when Cook and his family moved in, 1764.
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