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After several months at sea in the Pacific, and searching for a land that is supposed to be south of the Polynesian islands, they finally find a large speck of land that turns out to be New Zealand. Over the next month or so, the Endeavour and her crew sail around the islands looking for new species of plants, animals, and any natives that may dwell on the island. The crew spots several fires and smoke, but most of it is too far inland and none of the natives come out to see the ship. After circumnavigating the islands of New Zealand, Endeavour heads north for what they think could be Australia. A week later, they spot land to the north which they do not realize is Australia. Seeing that the land mass is not in any of their charts (although it had already been discovered by a little known explorer), Mr. Banks claims te land for England and gives it a different name which is never given any credit throughout history. Nich so far has rather been enjoying the trip.

Q2 Post8

By the time Endeavour and her crew leave the island of Tahiti, they have been living mostly on a bread that the natives had been eating for a very long time; breadfruit. Most of them, including Nich, are entirely sick of it by now. When they are about to leave, Nich is really sad that he has to say good-bye to Tarhito, but also finds out some good news. The captain is taking a guide who knows a good amount of the pacific islands well enough through oral tradition. He is allowed to bring one helper and guess who he picks, Tarhito. Now, Endeavour must make a long journey to the other side of the pacific with almost no chance of being able to replenish supplies on the way to the East Indies. It is a long and boring travel and most of the crew comes down with scurvy and Nich and the ship's doctors and surgeon have a hard time getting vitamin C back into those men's systems. Even Tarhito and his companion from Tahiti get scurvy, although they both recover in due time.