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Today we that the world is round. At the moment, people from one end of the earth to the other. Long ago, however, people thought the earth was flat. They that if they sailed too far from land, they would the edge. This them from exploring the oceans and finding new lands. Then, about 600 years ago, the Portuguese started to build stronger ships, and this them the confidence to sail further into the oceans. They right around Africa and eventually made their way to India.

At about the same time, Christopher Columbus to reach India by sailing across the Atlantic Ocean. He landed in America instead!

Before long, explorers were sailing to the four corners of the earth. One of them, Captain James Cook, reached the south east coast of Australia in 1770. Eighteen years later, the first white settlers arrived in Sydney Code.