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WHEN Captain Cook was ... By then Cook had been commissioned a lieutenant and was sent on his first voyage of exploration aboard the Endeavour. Elizabeth patiently awaited his return, aware ...

When HMS Resolution and HMS Adventure set sail from Plymouth, England, in 1772, the ships were stocked for a long and grueling journey into the unknown. Provisions included 60,000 tons of biscuit ...

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A ship like the Endeavour was its own floating world, its commander an absolute ruler. A Royal Navy captain was described ... of shooting Kahura, Cook had his draftsman draw a portrait of him.

One was the British explorer Captain James Cook ... in many intellectual exchanges with the scientists on the Endeavour (Cook’s ship) and their leader Joseph Banks. Tupaia learned to paint ...

On 11 June 1770, Captain James Cook’s Endeavour struck a reef off Cape Tribulation ... The 250th anniversary of the reconciliation was recognised in 2020 through art, movies, exhibitions, and onsite ...

the size is within millimeters of the Endeavour’s, and the length of the keel (from the end of the bow to the bilge pump) is within inches of survey measurements taken of Cook’s vessel taken ...