| | | HMS Endeavor - Museum Quality Replica Ship | In 1768 Lieutenant
James Cook, Royal
Navy, set sail on HMS
Endeavour on a voyage
of exploration and
scientific
investigation and
through his journeys,
Cook is considered to
be one of the
greatest explorers.
In 1770 Cook reached
New Zealand where he
circumnavigated and
completely charted
the north and south
islands before
continuing west. In
April, he sighted the
east coast of
Australia and sailed
north along the coast
before anchoring in
what he named Botany
Bay. He then
continued north to
Cape York and on to
Jakarta and
Indonesia. During the
four months voyage
along the coast Cook
charted the coastline
from Victoria to
Queensland and
proclaimed the
eastern part of the
continent for Great
Britain.
Cook was the first
person to accurately
chart a substantial
part of the coastline
of Australia and to
fix the continent in
relation to known
waters. His
explorations of
Australia were
followed up within a
few years by a
British expedition to
settle the "new"
continent.
Accordingly, Cook is
considered a major
figure in Australia's
modern history.
Numerous places in
Australia,
particularly on the
east Australian coast
and New Zealand, have
been named after him
or his vessel, and
many of the names he
gave to parts of the
Australian east coast
in 1770 are still
used (e.g. Cape
Tribulation, Botany
Bay, the
Whitsundays).
Cook's 1768-1771
voyage in HMS
Endeavour is also
considered to be of
general historical
importance because of
its great
contributions to the
world's knowledge of
seamanship and
navigation, as well
as geography. On his
voyages Cook became
the first captain to
calculate his
longitudinal position
with accuracy, using
a complex
mathematical formula
developed in the
1760's. He was also
the first to
substantially reduce
scurvy among his
crew, a serious,
sometimes fatal
result of dietary
deficiency on long
voyages.
Dimensions: 30" L x
9" W x 24" H
Requires hundreds of
hours to build from
scratch (not from a
model kit) by our
master artisans.
Plank on frame
construction (a
painstaking process
where each individual
plank is added to the
hull one at a time).
Built with rare, high
quality woods such as
light ebony, rosewood
and blackwood.
The model rests
perfectly on a large
wood base between
four arched dolphins.
Masterfully stitched
canvas sails.
No plastic fittings
(metal anchors and
machine turned brass
cannons.
Significant deck
detail.
To build this ship,
extensive research
was done using
various sources such
as museums, drawings,
copies of original
plans and photos of
the actual ship.
| Product Details:
NAME: HMS Endeavor - Museum Quality Replica Ship
TYPE: Reproduction
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