James Cook's first voyage as commander of HMS Endeavour (1768-1771) primarily aimed to observe and record a solar eclipse. The specific event he was sent to observe was the transit of Venus across the sun, which took place in 1769. This astronomical event was significant for scientists of the time to help calculate the distance from the Earth to the sun.
James Cook's first voyage as commender of HMS endeavour (1768-1771) aimed primarily to observe and record which stronomical evejnt
solar ecplise
comet sighting
;unar eclipse
meteor shower
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