Launched in 1764 as the merchant collier 'Earl of Pembroke', the ship was purchased in 1768 by the Royal Navy for £2,300, renamed 'Endeavour', and refitted for Cook’s expedition to view the transit of Venus from Tahiti, and then to look for the Southern Continent. This expedition was to turn into Cook's first circumnavigation of the globe.
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15th November 1770
[Heaving down at Batavia]
In the A.M. transported the Ship from Onrust to Cooper's
Island, and moored her alongside the Wharf.
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