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03 October 2021

endeavour

 

Celebrating the 250th anniversary of the sailing of the Endeavour. First up is a chart showing the 'discoveries' made by Captain Cook. Second is the ship beached at Endeavour River after damaging it on the Endeavour Reef in 1770.

for Sunday Stamps - celebrating historical events

5 comments:

Mail Adventures said...

These are beautiful stamps, very detailed. Maps on stamps are always very informative!

I have chosen a couple of French historical events. See here.

Joy said...

Lovely combination of stamps. I imagine the botanist aboard was taking a break from plants with 'disaster avoided' and thanking his lucky stars.
I've taken a journey to Denmark here

violet s said...

It is interesting how he managed to get all the way around NZ but not AU.

violet s said...

Yes, I wonder if he thought he had found heaven.

viridian said...

Here is my entry:
http://viridianpostcard.blogspot.com/2021/10/sunday-stamps-history-on-stamps.html