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1. Who was the captain of the endeavour?
2. Which places did the endeavour visit on its voyage?

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There were approximately 94 men and boys on HMB Endeavour when she sailed from England on
26 August 1768. The crew included six Commissioned Officers chosen by the Royal Navy to sail the
ship. They included the commander or master of the ship, lieutenants and the midshipmen who
were officers in training.
The six warrant officers had a specific role to play in the care of the ship and the people on board.
They included the gunner, boatswain (bosun), surgeon, carpenter, armourer, master and sailmaker.
They were sometimes called ‘idlers’ because their work was so specific but the reality was that they
had to be available at all times.
Able Seamen (38) were sailors with experience in the everyday running of the ship. Some had other
specific roles such as the butcher or the cook.
There were also assistants or ‘mates’ for the master, the carpenter, the boson and the surgeon.
Many of these had servants as well.

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- James Cook was born in 1728 in Marton, a town in Yorkshire, England.
- When he was 18, James became a seaman apprentice.
- In 1757, James passed his master’s seamanship exams. He used his knowledge of surveying, navigating and astronomy to chart the coasts and harbours of Newfoundland, on the east coast of Canada.
- In 1768, James was appointed First Lieutenant and given command of HMS Endeavour. His first voyage with this ship was to sail to Tahiti with a team of scientists to observe the transit on Venus across the Sun.

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‘Terra Nullius’ was a phrase used to describe a land that was empty of people. When James Cook and his men explored the coastline of Australia in 1770, they ma

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The Endeavour’s voyage was the first British scientific expedition to the Pacific. It was sponsored by the Royal Society and the Royal Navy. It came out of Britain’s territorial interests in the Pacific and the growing interest in scientific enquiry.

When the ship left England in 1768 under James Cook’s command, the Endeavour carried 94 people, including 71 officers and crew and 12 marines. Also on board were Joseph Banks and his party of scientists and artists, including fellow botanist Daniel Solander and natural history artists Sydney Parkinson, Herman Spöring and Alexander Buchan.

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The Endeavour's first sighting and contact of Australia 

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The Endeavour's first sighting and contact of Australia 

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Here is a clip we made demonstrating the journey taken by the Endeavour and her crew around the Australian Coast. This is where Captain Cook and his crew first step foot on the Australian Continent and the famous Botany Bay was discovered.

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Australia came near the end of the Endeavour’s long voyage. After leaving the England in 1768, the ship had sailed across the Atlantic Ocean, around the tip of South America, and into the Pacific Ocean.

The endeavour stopped at:

Madeira

Rio da Janeiro

Tierra del Fuego

Tahiti

New Zealand

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Life on the HMS Endeavour with James Cook - Behind the News