HMS Endeavour Painted Pre-Built Wooden Model Boat (NEW) Start Price USD 662.50 Current Price USD 662.50 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, November 20, 2008 End Time Thursday, January 01, 2009 Location Wonder-e, MIlwaukee, WI See more about 'HMS Endeavour Painted Pre-Built Wooden Model Boat (NEW)' Description   ITEM DESCRIPTION: In 1768 Lieutenant James Cook, Royal Navy, set sail on HMS Endeavour on a voyage of exploration and scientific investigation and through his journeys, Cook is considered to be one of the greatest explorers. In 1770 Cook reached New Zealand where he circumnavigated and completely charted the north and south islands before continuing west. In April, he sighted the east coast of Australia and sailed north along the coast before anchoring in what he named Botany Bay. He then continued north to Cape York and on to Jakarta and Indonesia. During the four months voyage along the coast Cook charted the coastline from Victoria to Queensland and proclaimed the eastern part of the continent for Great Britain. Cook was the first person to accurately chart a substantial part of the coastline of Australia and to fix the continent in relation to known waters. His explorations of Australia were followed up within a few years by a British expedition to settle the "new" continent. Accordingly, Cook is considered a major figure in Australia's modern history. Numerous places in Australia, particularly on the east Australian coast and New Zealand, have been named after him or his vessel, and many of the names he gave to parts of the Australian east coast in 1770 are still used (e.g. Cape Tribulation, Botany Bay, the Whitsunday’s). Cook's 1768-1771 voyages in HMS Endeavour is also considered to be of general historical importance because of its great contributions to the world's knowledge of seamanship and navigation, as well as geography. On his voyages Cook became the first captain to calculate his longitudinal position with accuracy, using a complex mathematical formula developed in the 1760's. He was also the first to substantially reduce scurvy among his crew, a serious, sometimes fatal result of dietary deficiency on long voyages. Our dazzling HMS Endeavour Painted model is handcrafted from beautiful wood such as rosewood, mahogany, teak, and along with various other exotic wood. The hull is constructed using a plank on frame method, each strip of exotic wood are carefully join together to form a smooth hull. This model is completely hand built to spec by skillful and creative master craftsmen; you will be amazed at how real it looks. The ship is painted in authentic lustrous colorful colors of green, yellow, black, and blue. On the ship, you will spot incredible details such as: wooden bowsprit, foremast, mainmast, and mizzen mast. They are all connected to numerous full-size fabric sails with detailed stitching, all rigging are painstakingly fastened by hand in matching colors. On the main deck, you will come across 3 wooden boats sitting on top of a bunker, a wooden cabin, and a wooden frame with a metal bell. On the quarter deck, there’s navigational area with 2 metal steering wheels for the captain and 2 wooden cabins. There are wooden railings surrounding the beakdeck area toward the quarter deck area with metal cannons station on top. You can easily spot 2 rows of numerous windows on both side of the hull. In addition, you will find supplementary crafted metal parts on the ship such as: anchors, lantern, statues, and much more. There’s also a wooden rudder to help the ship maneuver in the right direction. An attached wooden stand with a nameplate engraved “HMS Endeavour 1768” is standard on this model. Our model was built according to scale through original plans, pictures and drawings. We absolutely use no plastic parts only the highest quality wood and metal parts. This model is carefully secure and packed inside a wooden crate for easy shipping purposes. Our HMS Endeavour Painted model comes fully-assembled and ready to be display.Total Dimensions: 76L x 18W x 89H (CM) or 29.9L x 7.1W x 35H (Inches) SHIPPING TERMS:  Shipping is FREE in the United States!! This item will be shipped by way of USPS Priority Mail only. International purchases are shipped by way of USPS International Priority Mail only, shipping rates do apply. Please be aware of this before you decide to purchase. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me through this listing. Customers from Hawaii, Alaska and Canada contact me for an accurate shipping quote. Shipping to the states of Alaska and Hawaii are not free. All international customers please send me an email to get information on any additional shipping charges. I send to PO Boxes by regular mail only.   PAYMENT TERMS: I Accept Pay-Pal payments only. No money orders or personal checks are accepted.   Payment can be made instantly by using your credit card through Pay-Pal. Please make sure that you are aware and agree to this before committing to buying this product.   REFUND POLICY: I do accept returns and will refund your money if your item has been damaged by the shipping provider. If I have a duplicate of the same item, I can also do an even exchange for the same item to replace the one that you received damaged. Before any agreed refund or exchange takes place, I must receive the damaged or broken item back within 7 days of you contacting me. 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