What was name of captain cooks ship

European vessel under sail in heavy seas Link to pop-up enlargement. Complement of the Endeavour Link to pop-up enlargement. Logbook of Lieut. James Cook Link to pop-up enlargement. A plan of the entrance of Endeavour River Link to pop-up enlargement. A View of the Endeavour Link to pop-up enlargement. A view of the Endeavour River Link to pop-up enlargement. A table of Cook's ships in the Royal Navy.

A table of the crew of Cook's Three Voyages The officers and persons who played significant roles during the three voyages The steel hulled replica Endeavour has been launched at Stockton. Fitting out is progressing well on the Endeavour replica at Stockton. A formal ceremony at Castlegate Quay, Stockton, for Endeavour replica. Stockton's Endeavour replica was sold at auction in August Stockton's Endeavour replica is preparing for her move to Whitby.

Top politician says Australia was invaded. Did Cook discover or invade Australia? Image source, SPL. Image source, Getty Images. This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. New decks were installed. Ten carriage guns were brought on deck. Among these, too, was a party of natural historians led by a wealthy and energetic gentleman and adventurer called Joseph Banks.

The ship was filled with precision instruments and scientific apparatus to aid the collection of specimens and to allow an astronomer called Charles Green to accurately observe a celestial event called the transit of Venus [a rare phenomenon in which Venus passes across the sun].

A new name — Endeavour — was selected too. One strong candidate for choosing the name is the First Lord of the Admiralty and hero of the battle of Quiberon Bay, Edward Hawke. Making landfall at Botany Bay in , Cook claimed swathes of the region for the British crown, despite the presence of large Indigenous communities. On a calm night in June the vessel collided with an outcrop of the Great Barrier Reef. Only uncommon luck with the tides and the weather — along with the strong oak frame — kept the vessel afloat.