NEWPORT, R.I., May 3 (UPI) -- British explorer Captain James Cook's legendary HMS Endeavour, lost at sea centuries ago, may have been discovered off the coast of Rhode Island by a group of researchers.
Cook, who made the first accurate map of the Pacific, commanded the ship from 1768 to 1771 while he mapped uncharted waters of the south Pacific Ocean. The ship was later used in the American Revolutionary War after being renamed the Lord Sandwich.