THERE is controversial debate about the dates and times Lieutenant James Cook recorded in his journal while in Australian waters in 1770.

Captain Cook’s ship, HMS Endeavour, which the adventurer used to explore Australia, has been identified after a 250 year long mystery.

The ship was launched in 1764 as the Earl of Pembroke. Four years later, ... He also charted Australia's eastern coastline, before claiming the land for Great Britain in 1770.

When Captain Cook arrived here on the Endeavour in 1770, ship navigation was in the middle of a clock-driven revolution. A new exhibition at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney ...

Captain James Cook sailed on the HMS Endeavour around Cape Horn in Africa, and visited Tahiti, New Zealand and Australia. A fleet of 13 ships were purposefully sunk by British forces in the harbor ...

It became the first ship to reach the east coast of Australia when Cook arrived at the site now known as Botany Bay in 1770. The ship was later renamed the Earl of Sandwich 2 and last seen in 1778 ...

The ship was launched in 1764 as the Earl of Pembroke. Four years later, it was renamed Endeavour by Britain’s navy and was readied for a major scientific voyage to the Pacific.