I believe like the others who are good friends, the french have chosen to 'miss interpret' cooks voyage and only 'quote' what they like.
If you read the transcript, it talks about several people having sailed around areas. It talked about another captain who believed there was a land mass between Africa and America which on the same voyage Cook dispelled.
I believe that the French are very wrong, yes Bouvet was in the region, but he did not map, chart or provide proof. New Caledonia which is currently occupied by the french was discovered by Captain James Cook.
Captain James Cook, discovered Antartica, until I read exactly what Bouvet had to say, which I'm in the process of doing, but what I have heard thus far as the french defence is a lot of something boloney.
Posted on Oct 4, 2006, 3:03 AM from IP address 210.50.200.213