Natural History Museum%2c London1 年
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.
来自MSN2 个月
HMS Endeavour to be transformed into pub but not before retracing Captain Cook's voyage
The new owners of an exact replica of HMS Endeavour have grand plans to sail the same route as Captain Cook before transforming the vessel into a pub. The ship, currently moored in Whitby harbour ...
Natural History Museum%2c London1 年
Daniel Solander: a Linnaean disciple on HMS Endeavour
Solander was invited aboard the expedition by friend and fellow naturalist Joseph Banks. The pair spent their round-the-world travels aboard HMS Endeavour (also known as HM Bark Endeavour) collecting ...
MercoPress7 年
Falklands' Museum incorporates naval journal with accounts of Port Egmont 250 year ago
Penguin was a small prefabricated armed sailing vessel which was carried to Port Egmont aboard the much larger and much more famous ship HMS Endeavour. Endeavour had carried Captain James Cook on ...
SBS4 年
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 ...