The Endeavour voyage greatly expanded Western scientific knowledge of the South Pacific and foreshadowed British colonisation in the region. In 1768 a refitted coal ship known as HM Bark Endeavour ...

Leaving Plymouth in August 1768, the ship crossed the Atlantic ... clearer sighting of Venus than with supplies provided by the British government. Following the planetary transit, Endeavour cruised ...

The ship was not designed to be put to sea and will be transported to Whitby in the New Year. Its arrival in Whitby will coincide with the 250th anniversary of Cook setting sail on Endeavour to ...