Cook & The Endeavour

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Friendly with a  John Walker of Whitby , a shipowner Sanderson transferred his apprenticeship so allowing James to take up seamanship, James lived with the Walker family in Grape Lane when not at sea.</div> <div> In 1755 James joined the  Royal Navy at the age of 27 to serve on the HMS Eagle.</div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><B><U>Captain James Cook & the HM Bark Endeavour</U></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><U><IMG SRC="3c114900.jpg" border=0 width="532" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></I></div> <div> <I><U>England's greatest Mariner, Explorer and Navigator</U></I></div> <div> <I><U><IMG SRC="58c23b60.jpg" border=0 width="291" height="438" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></I><I>    </I><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#CC6633" FACE="Black Chancery" ><I><IMG SRC="58b94ba0.jpg" border=0 width="404" height="442" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></FONT></div> <div> <I><U>Captain James Cook RN  ( 728-1779 )</U></I><I>           </I></div> <div> <I><U>Overlooking Whitby harbour from where he sailed in 1746</U></I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3a224900.jpg" border=0 width="292" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">          <IMG SRC="4532d900.jpg" border=0 width="301" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <U>And Overlooking Great Ayton Village Green from where he played as a Boy</U></div> <div> <U> </U></div> <div>         <IMG SRC="4555b900.jpg" border=0 width="347" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="45741880.jpg" border=0 width="321" height="392" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#CC6633" FACE="Black Chancery" ><I>                 </I><I><U> </U></I><I>               </I></FONT><I><U>Mr Pullen's  </U></I><I><U>Old Schoolhouse.</U></I><I>        </I><I><U>Capt. Cook Monument - Gribdale</U></I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><U><IMG SRC="3a614900.jpg" border=0 width="532" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></I></div> <div> <I><U>The Replica H.M Bark Endeavour</U></I></div> <div> The original Bark Endeavour ( formerly the Earl of Pembroke) was a converted collier built by Fishburn's of Whitby,</div> <div> A "bark", so far as the <I>Endeavour</I> was concerned', meant a "cat" or apple-bowed boat of shallow draught with  incomplete mizzen rigging. The original cost of the Endeavour was £ 2,840 and with further re-fits the costs totalled £ 11,798.At the age of seven years she was sold for £ 645 in 1775. Renamed the 'Earl of Sandwich' she sank whilst loaded with a cargo of oil in Newport</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><U><IMG SRC="3ab14900.jpg" border=0 width="532" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></I></div> <div> <I><U>A  two week Tourist Attraction - Middlehaven October 2003</U></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><U><IMG SRC="426f4980.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="408" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></I></div> <div> <I><U>The bark Endeavour's Ship's Bell</U></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><U><IMG SRC="42814900.jpg" border=0 width="532" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></I></div> <div> <I><U>A couple of the Ship's Cannon</U></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><U><IMG SRC="42b14900.jpg" border=0 width="532" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></I></div> <div> <I><U>The 'Great Cabin' and Joseph Bank's writing desk.</U></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><U><IMG SRC="42d14900.jpg" border=0 width="532" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></I></div> <div> <I><U>Herman Sporing's cabin</U></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><U><IMG SRC="42f14900.jpg" border=0 width="532" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></I></div> <div> <I><U>The 'Mess Deck' tables</U></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><U><IMG SRC="3ad14900.jpg" border=0 width="532" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></I></div> <div> <I><U>The Endeavour' carried enough provisions for 94 crew and a 18 month' Voyage </U></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><U><IMG SRC="43114900.jpg" border=0 width="532" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></I></div> <div> <I><U>Starboard Aft window in the 'Great Cabin'</U></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><U><IMG SRC="4429a900.jpg" border=0 width="410" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></I><I>     <IMG SRC="44658900.jpg" border=0 width="344" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I><U>Captain Chris Blake OBE  </U></I><I>                              </I><I><U>Ian Stubbs as Capt. Cook</U></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><U><IMG SRC="3c32d900.jpg" border=0 width="301" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></I><I>            </I><U><IMG SRC="3cb2c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></div> <div> <I>    </I><I><U>Berthed at Middlehaven </U></I><I> </I></div> <bR> <div> <I><U><IMG SRC="44af44d0.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="333" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></I></div> <div> <I><U>The Crew furling the Sails</U></I></div> <div> <I><U><IMG SRC="44cfc900.jpg" border=0 width="508" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></I></div> <div> <I><U>Cannon Fire announce the Departure</U></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><U><IMG SRC="45b2d900.jpg" border=0 width="301" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></I><I>   </I></div> <div> <I><U>Further cannon as darkness falls</U></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><U><IMG SRC="45001900.jpg" border=0 width="513" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></I></div> <div> <I><U>Slipping out Of Middlehaven Middlesbrough</U></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><U><IMG SRC="44e0b900.jpg" border=0 width="523" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></I></div> <div> <I><U>Into the darkness and towards Teesmouth</U></I></div> <div> <I><U><IMG SRC="79d58d50.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="469" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></I></div> <div> <I><U>Arrival into Whitby March 31st.2004</U></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><U><IMG SRC="79f58c50.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="453" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></I></div> <div> <I><U>Approaching the Inner Harbour</U></I></div> <div> <I><U><IMG SRC="791587d0.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="637" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></I></div> <div> <I><U>Coming Home !!</U></I></div> <div> <I><U><IMG SRC="79058c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></I></div> <div> <I><U>Just coming through the Swing Bridge</U></I></div> <div> <I><U><IMG SRC="78d58c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></I></div> <div> <I><U>Preparing to Moor Up !</U></I></div> <div> <I><U><IMG SRC="79c585b0.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="603" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></I></div> <div> <I><U>Same Ship - Same Day </U></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><U><IMG SRC="7ae58a50.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="677" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></I></div> <div> <I><U>The Departure April 2004</U></I></div> <div> <I><U><IMG SRC="7ac58c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></I></div> <div> <I><U>Did they aim at me, I wonder ?</U></I></div> <div> <I><U><IMG SRC="7b458c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></I></div> <div> <I><U>Across the Outer Harbour</U></I></div> <div> <I><U><IMG SRC="7b658d60.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="470" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></I></div> <div> <I><U>With a final Cannon as she heads for the Open Sea.</U></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>  </I></div> <bR> <div> <I><U><IMG SRC="45d15900.jpg" border=0 width="277" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></I></div> <div> <I><U>Burial place of James Cook Snr.</U></I></div> <bR> <div> Seven years after James Cook's mother Grace  died, his father,James Cook Snr, went to live with his daughter Margaret who lived in a cottage in Back Lane ( Lord St.)  Redcar. North Yorkshire. </div> <div> James Cook Snr, Margaret and her husband ( a local fisherman )  are all buried in the St Germains Graveyard, Marske on Sea.</div> <div> James Cook Snr, died in April 1779 not knowing that his son had been killed in Hawaii two months earlier. His body was taken along the beach from Redcar to Marske and buried  in Saint Germains graveyard</div> <div> There are no direct descendants of Cook bearing his name as his sons died unmarried and his two surviving siblings were sisters</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Freds Photos"><U><I><U>Fred's Photos</U></I></U></A></div> <div> <I><U>Home Page</U></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>