webfact Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Captain James Cook's ship Endeavour foundAuckland: Researchers say they may have found the remains of the HMS Endeavour, the ship on which Captain James Cook first discovered the eastern coastline of Australia.Cook commanded the Endeavour on his first voyage of discovery to Australia New Zealand between 1769 and 1771.It was last seen in 1778, by which time it was being used as a transport ship during the American Revolution and renamed the Lord Sandwich.Full story: http://www.smh.com.au/world/captain-james-cooks-ship-endeavour-found-20160503-gokrrd.html -- Sydney Morning Herald 2016-05-03 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andaman Al Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfiddler Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Any chance of telling us where ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceN Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Read the article in the link. You do know how that works, don't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamp Thing Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Endeavour, good name for a ship. Lord Sandwich, not so much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laolover88 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Most of this old hat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Endeavour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emster23 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Endeavour, good name for a ship. Lord Sandwich, not so much... You would prefer Lord Sub? Love that they found it, probably Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iReason Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 A relic of Savage Imperialism personified by Captain Cook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siamthomas Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Great find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETERTHEEATER Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 They haven't found it: Researchers say they MAY have found the remains of the HMS Endeavour, However the headline reads: Captain James Cook's ship Endeavour found. Since there is a conflict, this article must be viewed as worthless or assume that Captain Bligh's ship 'Bounty' has been found (or not) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggt Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 It is about time...he has been AWOL for decades...BTW how was the good Captain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JingerBen Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 A relic of Savage Imperialism personified by Captain Cook. Change savage to scientific . Cook's three Pacific voyages produced a wealth of knowledge that Great Britain used very effectively in the following century. Sink that mindless denigration of imperialism and look at historical events in the context that they occurred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merylhighground Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Did they find it with Boaty Mcboatface? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iReason Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Read up a bit more, GingerBen. Conquering was the rule of the day. Not science. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Christmas13 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 So when are they going to find MH 370? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robm579 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Whoop-de-doo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willyumiii Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 A relic of Savage Imperialism personified by Captain Cook. Change savage to scientific . Cook's three Pacific voyages produced a wealth of knowledge that Great Britain used very effectively in the following century. Sink that mindless denigration of imperialism and look at historical events in the context that they occurred. And bringing western values and diseases that killed the majority of previously happy and healthy people around the world. Hail Britannia! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Credo Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 A relic of Savage Imperialism personified by Captain Cook. Change savage to scientific . Cook's three Pacific voyages produced a wealth of knowledge that Great Britain used very effectively in the following century. Sink that mindless denigration of imperialism and look at historical events in the context that they occurred. And bringing western values and diseases that killed the majority of previously happy and healthy people around the world. Hail Britannia! That was a two way street, there were a few diseases that were picked up and brought back home, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterTee Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 A relic of Savage Imperialism personified by Captain Cook. Change savage to scientific . Cook's three Pacific voyages produced a wealth of knowledge that Great Britain used very effectively in the following century. Sink that mindless denigration of imperialism and look at historical events in the context that they occurred. And bringing western values and diseases that killed the majority of previously happy and healthy people around the world. Hail Britannia! That was a two way street, there were a few diseases that were picked up and brought back home, too. Yeah, like syphilis. But keep it to yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robm579 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 I think the OP was about the whoop-de-Doo of locating some quite old bits of wood on the sea floor ... They weren't "discovered" as its been known more or less where they were all along... The British Navy scuttled them after all.... So now we digress into a discussion about "colonialism"... British or otherwise! No doubt huge sums of tax payers money were wasted in this endeavour... And yet more will be spent to "recover" it... And house it much like the "Mary Rose"... In the meantime people are dying... Through lack of funding in police, hospitals, social services .... Etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 If they keep looking maybe Capt Jack Sparrow and his Black Pearl will be found one day , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JingerBen Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Read up a bit more, GingerBen. Conquering was the rule of the day. Not science. Agreed. Conquering was the rule of the day for every country that had the means to do so. The voyages of Captain James Cook were exploratory and scientific. His expeditions were of immense importance to botany, anthropology, navigation, medicine, and exploration. He made land claims in the name of King George III, but they were incidental to the reasons that members of the Royal Society argued the case for mounting the expeditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwiken Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Cook did not discover much at all. But he did do some very good mapping. And his voyages a lot of good Botanical research. Australia and the islands below had already been discovered by other Europeans (Celts, Vikings etc) before him. Also the Egyptians are known to have landed in Australia . And there is a fair amount of evidence the Chinese and probably the Japanese had been there too. But the Discovery of the Endeavour is certainly notable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AYJAYDEE Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 A relic of Savage Imperialism personified by Captain Cook. Change savage to scientific . Cook's three Pacific voyages produced a wealth of knowledge that Great Britain used very effectively in the following century. Sink that mindless denigration of imperialism and look at historical events in the context that they occurred. And bringing western values and diseases that killed the majority of previously happy and healthy people around the world. Hail Britannia! That was a two way street, there were a few diseases that were picked up and brought back home, too. it may be a two way street for the disease, but it was the same carriers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Grumpy Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Any chance of telling us where ? The seabed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merylhighground Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 It wasn't 'The Endeavour' which was refitted as a troop carrier then called 'the Lord Sandwich' if I remember Mr Clegg's History classes correctly.... It should be off the East Coast of the USA or Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 So when are they going to find MH 370? well this took almost two and a half centuries so they have a way to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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