Rhode Island Shipwreck Confirmed As Captain Cook’s Long-Lost Endeavour

Residents of New England and those with British ties are engaged in a renewed debate over the identity of a shipwreck found off the coast of Rhode Island, believed to be either the HMS Endeavour or Lord Sandwich.
The ship, known as RI 2394, was deliberately sunk by the British during the American War of Independence along with four other shipwrecks near Goat Island in Newport Harbor.
Kieran Hosty, an Australian archaeologist, emphasized the preponderance of evidence in favor of the ship being...