Cook’s Secret Instructions On Display
Commemorations (2019x)As part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Encounters 2020 program to mark the 250th anniversary of James Cook’s charting of the east coast of Australia in 1770, Sydneysiders have the opportunity to see Cook’s copy of his secret instructions. This important document, on loan for a limited time from the National Library of Australia, is displayed in the museum’s Under Southern Skies gallery until the end of January 2021.