On his first voyage, Cook had demonstrated by circumnavigating New Zealand that it was not attached to a larger landmass to the south and he charted almost the entire eastern coastline of Australia yet Terra Australis was believed to lie further south.
Cook had demonstrated by circumnavigating New Zealand that it was not attached to a larger landmass to the south. This was on his first voyage. He charted almost the entire eastern coastline of Australia. Terra Australis was believed to lie further south.