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1Medical Historian, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Abstract:
The east coast of New Holland was discovered 250 years ago during a voyage of covert strategic exploration of the Pacific Ocean regions by Lieutenant James Cook acting under instructions of the Royal Navy espionage chief, Philip Stephens, Secretary of the Admiralty. In addition to the study of the transit of Venus, the well resourced mission included some clandestine mapmaking during August 1768 to July 1771. Tasked by the Royal Society of London to investigate the anti-scorbutic effects of a variety of foods and herbs, Cook's post-operational debrief to the Admiralty included the inaccurate supposition that HM Bark Endeavour's cruise was scurvy-free. Why did Cook extend deceptive cartographic practices deliberately to conceal the apparent failure of the anti-scorbutic comestibles?
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