Captain Cook’s HMS Endeavour May Have Been Found off Rhode Island Coast

Captain Cook’s HMS Endeavour May Have Been Found off Rhode Island Coast
An Endeavour replica ship sails into Sydney Harbor on May 21, 2012. Greg Wood/AFP/GettyImages
Simon Veazey
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LONDON—It was the ship that sparked the colonization of an entire continent. But just years after carrying Captain James Cook on his epic journey from England to the eastern shores of Australia, the HMS Endeavour slipped out of commission, and out of the history books, her whereabouts a mystery.

Now, marine archaeologists believe they may have identified the long-sought wreck, beneath the waves of a busy U.S. harbor in Rhode Island.

Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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