The New York Times

Captain Cook’s Ship Caught in Center of a Maritime Rift

After researchers in Australia reported finding the wreck of the Endeavour off Rhode Island, their U.S. partners issued a startling rebuke. By Manan Luthra SYDNEY, Australia — When the British ...
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After 250 Years, Captain Cook’s Legendary Endeavour Shipwreck Has Been Unearthed

The fate of Captain James Cook’s iconic ship, the HMS Endeavour, which helped chart the Australian and New Zealand coastlines, has finally been resolved. After more than 250 years, scientists have ...
The Boston Globe

A R.I. wreck that may be Captain Cook’s Endeavour is being eaten by ‘shipworms’

PROVIDENCE — Reuben Shipway saw it pretty much as soon as he got down to the murky bottom of Newport Harbor on Aug. 7: a piece of wood from what may be Captain James Cook’s famed HMB Endeavour. But he ...