DAILY MAIL : CAPTAIN COOK'S SUNKEN SHIP FOUND!
250 years have gone by but what remains of the HMS Endeaver has been found in NewPort Harbor. the Australian National Maritime Museum people accept that this is the ship. This article from February 2022 has some wonderful photos and graphics such as the ship's route.
Excerpt: Originally lauched in 1764 as the Eart of Pembroke, the ship was renamed Endeavour in 1768 by Britain's Royal Navy and prepared for a major scientific voyage to the Pacific.
From 1768 to 1771 Endeavor sailed the South Pacific, primarily to record the transit of Venus in Tahiti in 1769.
Cook then sailed it around the South Pacific searching for 'the Great Southern Land' charting the coast of New Zealand and Australia's eastern coastline before claiming the land for Great Britain on August 22, 1770.
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