Portrait of Captain James Cook, painted in 1776 by Nathaniel Dance-Holland. Australian maritime experts announced on February 3 that they believed they had found the wreck of Endeavour, a ship that Cook had sailed. But the experts’ counterparts in Rhode Island, the site of the wreck in question, challenged the identification. Image via Wikimedia Commons, courtesy of the Royal Museums Greenwich. The work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office before January 1, 1927.
SYDNEY (AP) – Australian maritime experts said February 3 they believed they’ve found the wreck of one of the most important ships in the history of the South Pacific after it was scuttled in the U.S. more than 200 years ago. But archaeologists in the U.S. quickly countered by saying the findings were premature and a breach of contract in their joint research.
