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 Debate sobre el Endeavour del Capitán Cook infographic
El gráfico muestra un mapa de localización del sitio en que los investigadores australianos creen que hallaron los restos del Endeavour y una cronología del barco desde Gran Bretaña a Australia en 1768.
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Surge una discusión sobre el Endeavour del Capitán Cook

By Jordi Bou

February 4, 2022 - Afirmaciones sobre la identificación del barco en que el explorador británico capitán James Cook navegó a Australia en 1768 en su primer viaje de descubrimiento,han encendido una airada discusión entre expertos de EUA y Australia.

The Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM) claims that the wreck known as RI 2394 in Newport Harbour, Rhode Island, belongs to the Endeavour. But the U.S. partners from the Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project (RIMAP) say claim is “premature” and a “breach of contract”.

The Australian museum says the structural details and shape of the remains “closely match” historic plans of Endeavour and that its timber samples strongly suggested it was built in Europe and not America. But the RIMAP says that “many unanswered questions” remained.

The British-built coal ship famously landed in eastern Australia in 1770.

The Endeavour, then known as Lord Sandwich II, was sunk in 1778 with 12 other ships off Rhode Island, U.S., but no-one was sure where.

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PUBLISHED: 04/02/2022; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Painting by Nathaniel Dance-Holland, National Maritime Museum
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