In 1770, British explorer Captain James Cook became the first European to land on Australia's east coast. No one is certain what the native Aboriginal people called their country's unusual hopping animals - but Cook and his men believed the Aboriginal word was 'kangaroo'.
[On their long voyage not one of Cook's men suffered from scurvy - a killer disease caused by lack of vitamin C. This was due to their special diet, which included orange and lemon juice and pickled cabbage!]
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