Scale model of HMB Endeavour

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Type: Small scale models
Date: 1985 - 1986
Place: Neutral Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Botany Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Plymouth, England
Materials: Paint - non specific, Textile - non specific, Wax - non specific, Wood
Collection: Donald MacLurcan collection no. 1
Accession number: 1986.0077.0001

Description

A finely-detailed 1:60 scale model of HM Barque 'Endeavour'. The model is timber-framed, fully-planked and rigged with wax cordage. It has handmade blocks with deck furniture and fixtures. It sits on a wooden base that has an engraved brass plaque that reads 'H.M. 'Endeavour' as she was rigged when she left Plymouth, England on 26 August 1768 ...' .

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