[St.
Helena to England]
A Steady breeze and Pleasant Weather. All the Fleet in Company.
Wind South-East; course North 46 degrees 45 minutes West; distance
126 miles; latitude 10 degrees 39 minutes South, longitude 11 degrees
42 minutes West.
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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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