Carved Detail On HMB Endeavour
by Miroslava Jurcik
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Carved Detail On HMB Endeavour
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Miroslava Jurcik
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The original, launched in 1764 as the collier Earl of Pembroke, was renamed 'Endeavour' and commanded by Lieutenant James Cook on his first voyage of exploration 1769-1771.
This voyage was partly a scientific mission and partly a journey of discovery and exploration. Cook set out to observe the 1769 transit of Venus across the Sun, intended to help scientists discover the size of the Earth by the parallax method. After the transit of Venus, Cook searched the seas of the still largely uncharted Pacific Ocean for the legendary 'Terra Australis Incognita' or "unknown southern land". After circumnavigating New Zealand, Endeavour reached the east coast of Australia at what is now known as Botany Bay in April 1770.
She had a flat-bottomed design well-suited to sailing in shallow waters, allowing her to be beached for loading cargo or for basic repairs without requiring a dry dock. This would later prove to be a very useful attribute, when despite Cook's consummate skill , the ship narrowly avoided disaster on the treacherous shoals of the Great Barrier Reef and had to be beached on the mainland for seven weeks for repairs to her hull.
This picture was taken 4th of October 2013, during International Navy Fleet Review in Darling Harbour, Sydney, Australia.
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April 19th, 2015
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