Captain James Cook torrent

Country: Australia / West Germany / France / Spain
Year: 1987
Genre: History / Adventure
Runtime: 480 min. (4 episodes)
Language: English
Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark
Writer: Peter Yeldham
Cast: Keith Michell, John Gregg, Fernando Rey, Xabier Elorriaga, John Polson, Matthew Crosby, John Allen, Barry Quin

Based on Captain James Cook's three voyages. It was on his first voyage, in 1770 (while in the South Pacific region to observe the transit of Venus), that Captain Cook discovered the east coast of Australia. He later recommended Australia as a future British colony.

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