June 11th

The Great Barrier Reef was discovered on this day by Captain James Cook. The year was 1770. I can barely even imagine a world undiscovered, not knowing the locations of everything on our planet. Maybe they still thought the world was flat. Millions of people, thousands of cultures, left unknown because our boats hadn't made it there yet. When we did find out about the lands across the sea, it was written down and reported back, we could only picture what we thought it would be like.