Endeavours, Enlightenment, Exploration - An evening with Peter Moore

7.30pm for 8pm

In April 1770, HMS Endeavour became the first European ship to reach the east coast of Australia when James Cook landed at Botany Bay. This formed part of Cook’s first voyage of discovery (1768 - 1771), commissioned by King George III and journeying around New Zealand, only narrowly avoiding shipwreck on the Great Barrier Reef.

Join Peter Moore as he discusses Cook’s voyages of exploration in the South Seas and considers this notorious ship in its context of the period of
enlightenment.

Peter Moore is a writer, freelance journalist and lecturer. His first book, Damn His Blood, was published in 2012 and was a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. His second, The Weather Experiment, was a Sunday Times Bestseller. Peter was Writer in Residence at Gladstone’s Library in 2014.

Tickets for this event are priced at £7. To book, please call Reception on 01244 532350 or email [email protected].