One of the ten cannons that were on James Cook's ship, the Endeavour. It was thrown overboard along with five other cannons and additional ballast when the Endeavour hit a sand bank on 11 June 1770, but was recovered from the ocean and cleaned almost 200 years later.

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One of the ten cannons that were on James Cook's ship, the Endeavour. It was thrown overboard along with five other cannons and additional ballast when the Endeavour hit a sand bank on 11 June 1770, but was recovered from the ocean and cleaned almost 200 years later.

One of the ten cannons that were on James Cook's ship, the Endeavour. It was thrown overboard along with five other cannons and additional ballast when the Endeavour hit a sand bank on 11 June 1770, but was recovered from the ocean and cleaned almost 200 years later.