The wreck of HMS Endeavour, the ship captained by James Cook on his first voyage of discovery, has been definitively identified, according to the Australian National Maritime Museum. Researchers confirmed the identification based on physical analysis of the timbers. "The timbers are British timbers. The size of all the timber scantlings are almost identical to Endeavour," stated a museum spokesperson. The wreck, located in Newport Harbor, Rhode Island, has been the subject of intense debate and