Captain James Cook’s ship, the HMS Endeavour, has been located in Newport Harbour, Rhode Island, but the US-based lead investigator in the search for the vessel says reports of its discovery are “premature”.
Captain Cook sailed the ship around the South Pacific in a pioneering voyage before landing at Botany Bay on Australia’s east coast in 1770.
Loading...
AP
Michael Read is the Financial Review's economics correspondent, reporting from the federal press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously an economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia and at UBS. Connect with Michael on Twitter. Email Michael at michael.read@afr.com
