Coins Indicate an Alternate Discovery
Historians generally agree that Australia was discovered by James Cook in 1770. However, a series of archeological finds over the past decade have shed some doubt on this assumption. Chief amongst them is a collection of five African coins that are more than 900 years old. Found in the Northern Territory of Australia, these coins may indicate that Australia had visitors long before Cook arrived. Combined with other evidence, such as cave art and other coins, this may mean that traders from Africa, India, China, and Europe all reached Australia long before he did.