Between 1768 and 1771, the ship became the first European vessel to reach eastern Australia before it sank off the US coast in 1778
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Between 1768 and 1771, the ship became the first European vessel to reach eastern Australia before it sank off the US coast in 1778
Between 1768 and 1771, the ship became the first European vessel to reach eastern Australia before it sank off the US coast in 1778
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Almost 250 years on, the explorer is famed for his navigational feats, but some think another descriptor should be added.

After two decades of negotiations, more than 3000 hectares in and around Cooktown in far north Queensland have been returned to…

“The timbers are British timbers. The size of all the timber scantlings are almost identical to Endeavour.”…

Footage shows ship which carried explorer and his team on doomed Arctic expedition colonised by sea life

Neither ship has been surveyed previously using advanced technology

Discover how DNA technology has identified four more sailors from Sir John Franklin's doomed Arctic expedition, 181 years after…