In Endeavour’s wake: Madeira, 12 September 1768.
Green and mountainous Madeira is in view and we have time just to finish our crew’s tour. Joseph Banks and the scientific Team The Royal Society obtained the permission to send, at his own expense, Joseph Banks, a renowned botanist and natural scientist. Banks funded several others to join him: the Swedish naturalist Daniel Solander,
In Endeavour’s wake: course toward Madeira.
While Endeavour is sailing towards Madeira, where she did her first stop for more supplies, we take advantage of this easy navigation time to present the Vessel, the crew and the Captain with his double missions. Let’s sit in the deck and observe our main characters His Majesty’s Bark Endeavour As you can see, she uses
In Endeavour’s wake: day 1.
Plymouth (GB), August 27th 1768: Lieutenant James Cook, commanding the British Royal Navy research vessel HM Bark Endeavour, raised anchor for his first journey of exploration of Terra Australis Incognita. The Endeavour, 30 metres long, brought the crew to Tahiti, 1769, to observe the transit of Venus across the Sun, and after to explore the unknown area of