Possible discovery of Captain Cook's HMS Endeavour Off US Coast

Re:Possible discovery of Captain Cook's HMS Endeavour Off US... by sjclemmy on Friday September 21, 2018 @03:30AM (#18037833)

I live in Northern England and a couple of years ago my wife and I visited the town of Staithes[0][1] on the the North Yorkshire coast. To get there from where we live you have to go around the North York Moors, either travelling east and north up the coast or north and east. If you take the latter route you can end up going through Cook's childhood home of Great Ayton. I had no idea Cook was from around there and that he lived in Staithes.

Staithes (along with Robin Hood's Bay[2] further south) is an amazing example of what English fishing ports were once like and I encourage everyone to visit if you have the opportunity.

[0] https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Staithes

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staithes

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hood%27s_Bay

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Re:Possible discovery of Captain Cook's HMS Endeavour Off US... by TheOtherHobbes on Friday September 21, 2018 @04:23AM (#18038062)

Robin Hood's Bay is well worth the effort.

But that whole coastal strip is full of special places, from the bird colonies at Flamborough to gothic Whitby.

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Re:Possible discovery of Captain Cook's HMS Endeavour Off US... by kennydude on Friday September 21, 2018 @09:04AM (#18039359)

There's even an area called "Captain Cook's square" in Middlesbrough and a museum about him nearby

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