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:

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

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

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

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  2. 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

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

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

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