The unlikely tale of two Captains Cook

In 1770, the first Captain Cook, James, reached Australian shores with little fanfare.

That was mainly because the aboriginals probably didn't know what the hell a boat with masts was, and the dour Yorkshire man (is there any other kind?) wasn't absolutely sure what he had found or where precisely he was.

On his way back home, up Australia's east coast, his ship, HMS Endeavour, struck a little crop of coral know as the Great Barrier Reef and nearly sunk.