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Originally Posted by AstralTraveller
The English bloke who 'discovered' the east coast of what is now Australia was Lieutenant James Cook. For his second great voyage he was promoted to Commander and it was not until his third (and final) voyage that he was promoted to 'Post-Captain'. Generations of schoolchildren have been mislead because of the appeal of an alliteration on the letter 'C'.
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It really doesn't make any difference as to what rank he was,that is unless you are a bloke who was on who wants to be a millionaire and got the answer wrong.
It cost him a lot of money if I remember correctly.
Cheers
