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Endeavour 250: natural history through colonial encounter
In August 1768, under the command of then-Lieutenant James Cook, HMS Endeavour and her crew set sail for Tahiti to observe the transit of Venus - before opening sealed orders for a secret assignment.
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The Cook Voyages - HMS Endeavour, HMS Resolution and HMS Discovery
The HMS Endeavour voyage (1768–1771) was the first devoted to scientific discovery. Cook and his crew, which included naturalist Joseph Banks, accumulated a mass of natural history and ethnographic ...
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250 years since Captain Cook arrived in Australia, his legacy remains fraught
Wednesday marks 250 years since HMS Endeavour sailed into Botany Bay. A descendent of one of the Aboriginal men he first encountered there says the anniversary is an emotional one. "As we ...