The Ship brings to life Captain Cook’s famous voyage to the South Pacific aboard the square-rigged ship Endeavor.

In 2001 a volunteer crew, sailing an exact replica of Cook’s ship, retraced the most perilous stretch of the original voyage from the Great Barrier Reef to Indonesia. Featuring Cook’s original drawings, maps, and artworks, plus spectacular new photographs, The Ship reveals Cook’s historic voyage and his encounters with indigenous peoples in a new light.

About the Author

Simon Baker is a producer at the BBC and was one of the able seamen aboard the replica of the Endeavor. He is a graduate of Oxford University, where he studied the Classics.