The first voyage of Lieutenant James Cook was a combined Royal Navy and Royal Society expedition to the south Pacific Ocean aboard HMS Endeavour (a converted merchant collier previously named Earl of Pembroke) that occurred between 1768 to 1771. On 16 February 1768 the Royal Society petitioned King George III…
View More Australia Philately: Lieutenant James Cook’s First Voyage (1768-1771)Arthur Phillip (11 October 1738 – 31 August 1814) was a British Royal Navy officer who served as the first governor of the Colony of New South Wales. Phillip was educated at Greenwich Hospital School from June 1751 until December 1753. He then became an apprentice on the whaling ship…
View More Australia Philately: Arthur PhillipFrom 1756 to 1763, a conflict between most of the great European powers, known as the Seven Years’ War. spread across the globe. The opposing alliances were led by Great Britain and Prussia and the other alliance was led by France, backed by Spain, Saxony, Sweden, and Russia. Major battles…
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