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feb 16, 1770 - Cap Cook find Canterbury

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On 16 February 1770 Captain James Cook in his ship the Endeavour first sighted the Canterbury peninsula. He thought it was an island, and named it Banks Island after the ship’s botanist, Joseph Banks.

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feb 16, 1770
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~ 255 years ago