Captain Cooks Endeavour Found
American archaeologists may have found the remains of the ship on which Captain James Cook first charted New Zealand in 1770. Researchers believe they may have come across the wreck of HMS Endeavour off the coast of Rhode Island. The ship was last seen in 1778. The ship was then being used as a transport vessel during the American Revolution. It also had a new name Lord Sandwich. It was a three-masted sailing ship. The Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project (RIMAP) says the Endeavour was one of 13 ships sunk in Newport Harbour in 1778. An archaeologist will now carry out further investigations on the vessel’s structure and its related artefacts.
My Opinion:
I think this is so cool that they have found the endeavour of Captain Cooks Ship! And they have dug up some research about it. I also loved the part about its new name Lord Sandwich.
Vocab:
Artefacts: an object made by a human being, typically one of cultural or historical interest.
Charted: make a map of (an area).
Endeavour: try hard to do or achieve something.
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