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US and Australia at Odds Over Quest for Captain James Cook’s Shipwreck

Sputnik International

By Sangeet Yadav

February 3, 2022

HMS Endeavour was a British Royal Navy research vessel captained by James Cook on his first historic voyage of discovery to Australia and New Zealand between 1768 and 1771. The ship was scuttled in August 1778 in Newport Harbour in the US during the American War of Independence.
 
The 22-year-long partnership between maritime archaeologists from the US and Australia has turned into a row after Australian researchers on Thursday announced the discovery of explorer Captain James Cook’s HMS Endeavour shipwreck after almost 250 years.

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