Zachary Hickes
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.Zachary Hickes (c.1729 25 May 1771) was a Royal Navy officer, second-in-command on Lieutenant James Cook''s voyage to the east coast of Australia. Hickes spelt his name with an "e", but it has often been written by others (including Cook) as Hicks without the "e". Hickes was 29 and held the rank of lieutenant when appointed to Cook''s voyage in the Endeavour in 1768. He had previously served on other ships as master''s mate and as acting lieutenant. On the Endeavour he…mehr

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.Zachary Hickes (c.1729 25 May 1771) was a Royal Navy officer, second-in-command on Lieutenant James Cook''s voyage to the east coast of Australia. Hickes spelt his name with an "e", but it has often been written by others (including Cook) as Hicks without the "e". Hickes was 29 and held the rank of lieutenant when appointed to Cook''s voyage in the Endeavour in 1768. He had previously served on other ships as master''s mate and as acting lieutenant. On the Endeavour he was credited with locating Hicks Bay in New Zealand, and then with being the first to see the mainland of Australia at Point Hicks (land was sighted on his morning watch). Cook named both those places after him.