HMS Endeavour [b] was a British Royal Navy research vessel that Lieutenant James Cook commanded to Tahiti, New Zealand and Australia on his first voyage of discovery from 1768 to 1771.

Jan 27, 2025 · The Endeavour voyage led by James Cook included scientists, and the wealth of scientifically collected material from the voyage was unique. The expedition established the useful principle of sending scientists on naval voyages—e.g., Charles Darwin in the Beagle —and stimulated interest not only in new lands but in many other scientific ...

The first voyage of James Cook was a combined Royal Navy and Royal Society expedition to the south Pacific Ocean aboard HMS Endeavour, from 1768 to 1771. It was the first of three voyages of which James Cook was the commander.

Learn about this momentous voyage, its famous crew and the lasting impact their visit had on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples – the continent's First Peoples. Jump aboard and explore the life-sized replica of the HMB Endeavour in this virtual tour.

Jan 25, 2022 · She was later converted into the HMS Endeavour and used by English naval officer and cartographer James Cook on his 1768-1771 voyage of exploration to Australia and the South Pacific. This voyage earned the Endeavour its place as …

James Cook’s first voyage circumnavigated the globe in the ship Endeavour, giving the botanists Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander the opportunity to collect plants from previously unexplored habitats.

Jul 11, 2022 · Lieutenant James Cook’s 753-page account of the voyage of His Majesty’s Bark Endeavour (also known as HMS Endeavour) from 1768 to 1771 is the story of one of history’s greatest journeys of discovery. By the end of the epic voyage, Cook had charted the coastlines of New Zealand and eastern Australia.

On April 1st the Secretary of the Admiralty advised the Council of the Royal Society of the purchase and James Cook was selected for command of the expedition. The Earl of Pembroke was renamed the Endeavour Bark after being sheathed with additional light planking and fitted out at Deptford Naval Yards on the Thames.

Jun 27, 2024 · On the 25th of August 1768, Captain James Cook sailed his famous ship, the HMB Endeavour, out to sea, departing from Plymouth Harbour. Just before Cook and his Crew left, Cook received a secret message, instructing him to sail farther, in search for 'Terra Australis Incognita' (unknown southern land).

Jan 25, 2016 · It was Britain’s greatest voyage of ocean exploration, mounted by the Admiralty and the Royal Society and forty-year-old Captain James Cook was entrusted with its leadership. On 25 August 1768, three months after taking command of the HM Bark Endeavour, he led the ship out of Plymouth Harbour.