The Captain's Dreaming: Discovering Land Where The Ancient Spirits Breathe

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This book is dedicated to children to reinforce imagination within the fields of archaeology, anthropology and history to establish a vision to the unknown.

In 1770 the British set sail to Australia for a 2 year journey consisting of flowing with the endless deep blue and aqua pigmented seas to complete their nation's duties. The journey for all involved was a road of complex inner turmoils commencing with differing extreme weather God had provoked and reflecting ondebates within the mind. Would Captain James Cook discover a new territory for Great Britain as he was expected to do? His pride was with England who had appointed him as Captain to search new land elucidating towards the nations overpopulation for prisons. The intention at the time was to displace the convicted far away, a reasonable solution for the societal first world problems of the 1760s'.

Discovering unknown land for the purpose of prison replacement, Captain James Cook and his crew set sail for the task that turned into years. One in which he would do for his patriotism, regardless if he was not inspired. Constantly stressing if he would discover anything upon this years consuming embarkment, he stressed himself internally. It was 1768 and most of the world was civilised to his knowledge with major discoveries had taken place. The Ancient Egyptians had expanded in 9th Century AD and had traded across the Mediterranean contributing to the Empire of Ancient Greece, causing a further influence on Ancient Rome. Interestingly enough, there was Mesopotamia long before this any of these civilisations were established that had agriculture, and various forms of communicating such as language and literature.. Pondering more, post these civilisations he recognised that the speculation of God had been confirmed with the answer being born in a manger and crucified then later resurrected, forcibly justifying that all was known.

Life was also becoming more advanced with each passing century since. The had already established that the world was flat and horses with carriages were a means of advanced transport. Refusing to argue with the concept, there was little to explore however a mission to carry out. Utilising a large wooden vessel to search the flat world for a place to rid his nation's social burdens was his only option; an irrelevance to his dream.

Post commencing he sailed along the flat world's sea to ease his mind from aspiring to be a Christopher Colombus type. Listening to the sea and observing the majestic ocean and its glistening from the brightness of the scheduled sun aligned to daytime was enjoyable and gave him ease. The occasional pessimism would creep in altering his outlook at specific triggers. If ever once calm and beautiful seas seemed darker due to grey clouds casting shadows, he knew the change was almost inevitable. The unusual grey colours in the water would lead to storms and lightning in the skies cultivating violent weather creating hardship for his role. He would have to become serious in his job for the sake of survival and the future of his crew. Unstable waves and lurking doom caused him to feel insecure and reiterate if life was even an option which he showcased inconsistency in his control. Theatrical weather was causing risk to the Captain's grip spiralling him in various direction of opposing mindsets. Until one day it began to level out. Witnessing first hand the appearance of cruel seas, its colour slowly merged from intense dark colours to various aqua pigmentations with the effect of transparency. That's when he realised he sailed on to fairer water with smaller waves where the transparency was a effect of the golden sand shining through. Once desirable shores had equated to sand that lead to beaches and furthermore land within far sight. The captain knew what was required.

"I declare this land terra nullis"

The British and their Captain would soon discover that this land consisted of an endless summer for 40,000 years which reflected on a diverse range of unusual landscapes from desert, to rainforest, to wilderness and high country and incorporate unusual earthy and warm colours strong in intensity. Rare species of flora and fauna alongside associated botany would be unique to each landscape that not even the most skilled botanistor artists would be able to communicate this regardless the communicative means or how far excelled at their profession. None of this would be relatable to the Captain or his associate's visual experiences in Great Britain as it was not relative to the things they had ever seen. This land of "New Holland", "Terra Nullis" or Australia (as it would soon be called) would never equate to the purpose of a large scale prison ground. If the Captain dared to stay long enough, the land would reveal a story...