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Q56: Explorer

Jolyon Wagg
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#1 · Posted: 14 Sep 2006 11:13
Professor Calculus mentions a place that is linked with the English explorer James Cook.

What is this place, where is it mentioned and whats the link?
yamilah
Member
#2 · Posted: 14 Sep 2006 13:08
Botany Bay, James Cook's landing place in Australia in 1770, is mentioned by Calculus in Flight 714 (p.1-B3).
In that Tintin book, Qantas Flight 714 is a flight 'to Sydney', Australia.

see http://goaustralia.about.com/cs/nswsightseeing/a/botanybay.htm
Jolyon Wagg
Member
#3 · Posted: 14 Sep 2006 13:35
well done yamilah!

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