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"ENDEAVOUR" (1765)
scale : 1/55e : 80cm long Model numbered - delivered with a certificate of authenticity
Three mats boat, bought in 1768 by the Royal Navy (2800 pounds of sterling), it undergoes numerous works before sailing from Plymouth on August 25, 1768 bound for the big southern continent (terra australis incognita) with to commanding the Lieutenant James Cook and 94 persons. Eight months later, it touch'down Tahiti in April, 1769, then New Zealand in October, 1769. The members of the Royal society harvest there more than 30.000 samples of vegetables and 1000 animals; of return to London, James Cook was welcomed in hero , he will retort in 1772 then 1776 when he will be killed on February 14, 1779 to Hawaï by natives. Endeavour is put back in construction in October, 1988 within the framework of Sidney's Maritime Museum and was launched on December 9, 1993 with its 43,71 exept everything. He navigates since the tracks of his illustrious predecessor and even made the tour of the word.
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