How old was Captain Cook when he discovered Australia?

Captain Cook did not discover Australia. The indigenous peoples of Australia had already been living on the continent for tens of thousands of years before Cook arrived. The Dutch had also already explored and mapped parts of Australia before Cook. However, Cook was the first European to make extensive explorations and mappings of the east coast of Australia, which opened the way for British settlement. He was 40 years old when he claimed the east coast of Australia for Great Britain in 1770.

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