The vessel, which has been moored in Whitby Harbour since 2018, is one of only two full-size recreations of the ship that carried explorer Captain James Cook to Australia and New Zealand in the 1760s.

An exact replica of HMS Endeavour has been bought for £1.5million - and the new owners plan to retrace Captain Cook's legendary world voyages. The Endeavour is currently moored in Whitby harbour, near ...

The Years in England' cover Cook's Whitby background and the part played by the Royal ... both on his final voyage. 'Captain Cook and his Contemporaries' views other European explorers in the Pacific, ...