Captain Cook's Endeavour: Revised Edition (Anatomy of the Ship)

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Summary: An insightful study of the design of Cook's Endeavor
Review: This book offers some suprising insights into Capt. Cook's Endeavor. It discusses some of the previous misconceptions that have overshadowed an accurate picture of what this ship was, and what it looked like. This is a "must have" resource for anyone interested in producing an accurate model of the Endeavor, or for any one interested in getting a better feel the history of the event. Excellent book!!!

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Summary: Plenty of info - not all of it accurate
Review: This volume offers a wealth of info on the Endeavor, from deck fittings to rigging details. The largest compilation of data in one source I have ever come across. I am however, disappointed in this book - especially for the sales price.
Unfortunately, the claims of a "detailed fold-out plan" turned out to be a side elevation only (and there are already several of those within), and the "scaled drawings" in the text are not accurately scaled and conflict with the stated dimensions elsewhere. For example, the ship's keel length is listed as 81'-0", yet in the scaled drawings she is over 90' - and many of the detail drawings are not even scaled, and are of minor use to the modeler.

If you want this book to be a general reference of the ship, you will not be disappointed - but if you buy it believing the statements of the publisher, and the previous reviewers, you will be .

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Summary: Nothing else but 5 stars for this series
Review: Yet again another great book in the 'Anatomy of the Ship' line. I am going to embark on making the HM bark Endeavour next, and this resource has every detail I imagined. In particular, I was interested in the lashing of small boats to the deck, and it even had a wealth of information on that.

Everything makes sense, even Ray Parkin's wonderful works on the Endeavour is not as detailed. In some respects Marquardt and Parkin contradict each other, even though they used the same reference, but both are well read and their arguements good for their interpretations, the ship is gone, and no-one will ever know. It is lying in the mud in an American river.

Very hard to find, but well worth tracking down. As of 2001, this 'Victory' has been re-released as has 'Yamato' in this series, and they are also both well worth owning. This makes the trifecta.