by captainjames cook during his great voyage of exploration of 1768 1771. captain cook discovered new zealand, before finding south eastern australia in april 1770. the vessel, was sunk off rhode island in august 1778 but no one was sure where. peter moore is a historian and author. tell us what this is about. they ve been looking for the final resting place of hms endeavour and there is a disagreement about some of the bodies involved in a search and firstly there is a marine archaeology project in rhode island where we know there is a question on the day and then there s the australian national maritime museum goal museum which is collected to the australian government have course and they ve been working together for about 20 years in the search for hms endeavour which i have to say is probably the most