Bass sails to Cape Howe, the farthest…

1797 CE

Bass sails to Cape Howe, the farthest point of southeastern Australia, in 1797, without Flinders, in an open whaleboat with a crew of six.

The cape had been named by Captain Cook when he passed it on April 20, 1770, honoring Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe who was Treasurer of the Navy at that time.

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