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''Endeavour'' when purchased by the Admiralty. She was of a design well known and respected by Cook from his time in the coal trade.

''Endeavour'' when purchased by the Admiralty. She was of a design well known and respected by Cook from his time in the coal trade.

She was [[barque]] rigged - length 32.3m x beam 9.9m (106’ x 29.25’) tonnage 368.  She had a double wooden hull (an extra skin having been stipulated by Cook) and an added lower deck.  Contemporary paintings usually show her with a [[Sailing ship types: Glossary|lug topsail]] on her [[Sailing ship types: Glossary|mizzen]]. On her departure from [[Plymouth]] on August 26, 1768 she had on board a total of 100 men – officers and crew, marines and supernumeries that included an astronomer, naturalists and artists.

She was [[barque]] rigged - length 32.3m x beam 9.9m (106’ x 29.25’) tonnage 368.  She had a double wooden hull (an extra skin having been stipulated by Cook) and an added lower deck.  Contemporary paintings usually show her with a [[Sailing ship types: Glossary|lug topsail]] on her [[Sailing ship types: Glossary|mizzen]]. On her departure from [[Plymouth]] on August 26, 1768, she had on board a total of 100 men – officers and crew, marines and supernumeries that included an astronomer, naturalists and artists.

The ''Endeavour'' sailed alone the length of the [[Atlantic]] around [[Cape Horn]], crossed the [[Pacific]] to what is now French [[Polynesia]], wandered the empty tracts of the south Pacific seeking the “Great South Land” as far as 40 degrees south, circumnavigated and charted both islands of [[New Zealand]] crossed the [[Tasman Sea]] to the south-east point of the [[Australia]]n mainland before traversing the whole length of the east coast of the continent; passed through [[Torres Strait]] and into waters familiar through [[Dutch]] charts. From Batavia in [[Java]] she sailed across the [[Indian Ocean]], around the [[Cape of Good Hope]] and back to England; arriving on July 13, 1771.

The ''Endeavour'' sailed alone the length of the [[Atlantic]] around [[Cape Horn]], crossed the [[Pacific]] to what is now French [[Polynesia]], wandered the empty tracts of the south Pacific seeking the “Great South Land” as far as 40 degrees south, circumnavigated and charted both islands of [[New Zealand]] crossed the [[Tasman Sea]] to the south-east point of the [[Australia]]n mainland before traversing the whole length of the east coast of the continent; passed through [[Torres Strait]] and into waters familiar through [[Dutch]] charts. From Batavia in [[Java]] she sailed across the [[Indian Ocean]], around the [[Cape of Good Hope]] and back to England; arriving on July 13, 1771.