Article 1CQNX Captain Cook's Endeavour: from the Great Barrier Reef to Rhode Island?

Captain Cook's Endeavour: from the Great Barrier Reef to Rhode Island?

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The ship in which the explorer charted New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific ended its life sold, renamed and scuttled in the war to keep America British

Captain James Cook observed the transit of Venus from the shores of Tahiti, ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef and claimed Australia for the British crown. He fought the French in the Americas, circumnavigated the world and died trying to kidnap a king of Hawaii.

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