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choice of models details below _________________________________________________________ TS0006P-1 click here to see more picture ____________________________________________________ INFORMATION endeavour MODELS 36" long x 12" Wide x 28" High (1:48 scale) required over 350 hours to build (400+ FOR SPECIAL) GENERAL MODEL INFO Plank on bulkhead construction (a painstaking process where each individual plank is added to the hull one at a time). Built with rare, high quality woods such as light ebony, rosewood and blackwood. The model rests perfectly on a large, polished base between four arched dolphins. Masterfully stitched canvas sails. No plastic parts (metal anchors and machine turned brass cannons. Significant deck detail. To build this ship, extensive research was done using various sources such as museums, drawings, copies of original plans endeavour HISTORY In 1768 Lieutenant James Cook, Royal Navy, set sail on HMS Endeavour on a voyage of exploration and scientific discovery. So successful was he that Cook has gone down in history as one of the great explorers. In 1770 Cook reached New Zealand where he circumnavigated and completely charted the north and south islands before continuing west. In April, he sighted the east coast of Australia and sailed north along the coast before anchoring in what he named Botany Bay. He then continued north to Cape York and on to Jakarta and Indonesia. During the voyage along the coast Cook charted the coastline from Victoria to Queensland and claimed the eastern part of the continent for Great Britain. Cook was the first person to accurately chart a substantial part of the coastline of Australia and to fix the continent in relation to a known datum. His explorations of Australia were followed up within a few years by a British expedition to settle the "new" continent. Numerous places in Australia, particularly on the east Australian coast and New Zealand, have been named after him or his vessel, and many of the names he gave to parts of the Australian east coast in 1770 are still used (e.g. Cape Tribulation, Botany Bay). Cook's 1768-1771 voyage in HMS Endeavour is also considered to be of general historical importance because of its great contributions to the world's knowledge of seamanship and navigation, as well as geography. On his voyages Cook became the first captain to calculate his longitudinal position with accuracy, using a complex mathematical formula developed in the 1760's. He was also the first to substantially reduce scurvy among his crew, a serious, sometimes fatal result of dietary deficiency on long voyages – a discovery which led to us being christened Limey’s by our faithful allies in the USA. |
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| PAINTED £399-00 30" long x 9" Wide x 26" High Requires 350 - 400 hours to build from scratch incl free insured DELIVERy uk |
| painted super detailed 33in LONG £429 |
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