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 ...

PROVIDENCE — For centuries, it’s been part of the maritime folklore of Rhode Island, which has more shipwrecks per square mile than any other state: Captain Cook’s ship, the HMS Endeavour, is lying on ...

One of the most highly prized treasures in the world of marine archaeology, the historic vessel HMS Endeavour, is believed to have been found off the coast of Rhode Island. Photo by Hulton ...

It’s the culmination of 25 years of analysis. Scientists at the Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM) have announced after more than 20 years of research that they have definitively identified ...

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, ...

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 ...

For centuries, a ship that helped change history lay forgotten beneath the waters of Rhode Island. Now, the mystery surrounding James Cook’s famous vessel has finally been solved. After 250 years of ...

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 ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Researchers believe they have found the ship that legendary explorer Captain James Cook used to sail to around the world submerged somewhere in Rhode Island's Newport Harbor. The ...

A Thursday morning announcement from the Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM) that the HMS Endeavour, James Cook's ship that was used to chart the east coast of Australia and much of New Zealand ...

The HMS Endeavour is famous for being sailed by Capt. James Cook to the South Pacific for a scientific expedition in the late 18th century. But the Endeavour (by then renamed the Lord Sandwich) met ...

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 ...