HMS Endeavour
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HMS Endeavour was a Royal Navy research vessel that Lieutenant James Cook commanded to Tahiti, New Zealand and Australia on his first voyage of discovery from 1768 to 1771.
HMS Endeavour off the coast of New Holland by Samuel Atkins
Earl of Pembroke, later HMS Endeavour, leaving Whitby Harbour in 1768. By Thomas Luny, dated 1790.
An 1893 chart showing Endeavour's track
Tile on street depicting HMS Endeavour. Cooktown. 2005
Herman Spöring Jr.
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Herman Diedrich Spöring Jr. was a Finnish explorer, draughtsman, botanist and a naturalist.
Landing of Captain Cook at Botany Bay, 1770, by E. Phillips Fox
Drawing by Spöring
Engraving of Spöring's Arch (1769)
Spörings Arch / Te Puta-O-Paretauhinu (or what remains in 2020) Simpsons Beach / Wharekaho New Zealand / Aotearoa