Tells the story of how this museum-standard replica of Captain James Cook’s famous ship was built, and how the new ship became more than a non-functional version of the original but a ship capable of making unassisted, unlimited passages on the great ocean sailing routes. Color photographs and brief commentary document the first great voyage of the Endeavor sailing to London from Fremantle, where she was built, via the Cape of Good Hope.
Captain James Cook was one of England’s ablest navigators. In 1768 he set out in the Endeavor, bound for Tahiti, ostensibly to observe the Transit of Venus. His secret orders, however, provided for charting the coast of New Zealand and searching for ‘the Great South Land.
‘In October 1996 photographer Richard Polden sailed from Fremantle, Western Australia, bound for London aboard the magnificent Endeavor replica. Richard’s photographs from the voyage capture in brilliant color, the very feel of sailing on the Endeavor, from swabbing the decks to scaling the mainmast, from hauling in the sails to fighting a gale. Complemented throughout with extracts from both Cook’s original journals and the reports of the contemporary crew, this book is both a visual delight and a fascinating record
Author : Richard Polden
Paperback : 136 pages
SKU: P2720