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26 August 1768 HMS Endeavour sets sails
On August 26, 2022 by trappedinthe18thOn 26 August 1768, James Cook set sail on his first voyage on the board of HMS Endeavour from Plymouth. Originally, the purpose of the voyage was to observe and record the 1769 transit of Venus across the Sun, as a part of other observations to help to determine the distance of the Earth from