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20 POINTS to the right answer Why did Captain Cook have orders to sail to Australia? A. Australia had not yet been fully explored. B. His mission was to rescue the stranded Admiral Bligh. C. The Crown
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Why did Captain Cook have orders to sail to Australia?

A. Australia had not yet been fully explored.

B. His mission was to rescue the stranded Admiral Bligh.

C. The Crown had ordered that a new colony be built in Botany Bay.

D. He intended to prove that the voyage was possible in less than two years.

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a. Australia had not yet been fully
discovered.

Two other countries had already discovered a part of Australia, or bumped into it, but they were not interested. Captain Cook was told about this, thus he wanted to explore any land he found.
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