Young Nick's Head
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Te Kurī also known as Young Nick's Head is a prominent headland at the southern entrance to Tūranganui-a-Kiwa, on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island.
Young Nick's Head from Kaiti Beach
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.
Young Nick's Head
…explanation was universally accepted among tribal traditions. Te Kurī was centuries later the first land sighted by the crew of Captain James Cook's ship, Endeavour, dated on Friday, 6 October 1769. Cook promised a reward to the first crewman to sight land and this reward was delivered to 12-year-old Nicholas Young…
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