On October 6, 1769, a sailor on Captain James Cook’s research vessel, the Endeavour, serendipitously earned himself a gallon ...

Researchers have confirmed that the 18th-century British explorer Captain James Cook's lost ship found its final resting place in Rhode Island's Newport Harbor, solving a decadeslong mystery, ...

Researchers believe they have found the wreckage of the HMS Endeavour, vessel of legendary British explorer, James Cook. Cook commanded the ship from 1768 to 1771 on his famous voyage mapping the ...

The wreck of Captain Cook’s HMS Endeavour may have finally been pinpointed, 17,000 kilometers (10,500 miles) from the country with which it’s most famously associated. Researchers in Rhode Island, on ...

Australian maritime experts said Thursday they believed they've found the wreck of one of the most important ships in the history of the South Pacific after it was scuttled in the U.S. more than 200 ...

The wreckage of Captain James Cook’s HMS Endeavour may have been located off the coast of Rhode Island — a discovery that would cap a 25-year search to solve one of the greatest historical mysteries.

Researchers found the shipwreck off the coast of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. Researchers from the Australian National Maritime Museum have claimed it is the remains of Captain James Cook's ship, ...

Marine archaeologists say they have likely found HMS Endeavour, which Capt. Cook sailed on when he discovered Australia, at the bottom of Newport Harbor. The Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project ...

Centuries after it was used to explore faraway lands, Captain James Cook’s long-lost ship may have been found — off the coast of Rhode Island. The Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project, or RIMAP, is ...

As part of his voyage to map the southwest Pacific Ocean almost 240 years ago, Cook discovered Australia and New Zealand in 1770. He seized the land for the British Crown, despite the indigenous ...

This is no treasure hunt for a casket of gold at the bottom of the ocean. Instead, it’s like looking for a needle in a haystack, with this search potentially for no more than a few partly rotten ...