The purpose of this fourth voyage was clear.

The voyage then progressed to Tahiti ( where the transit of Venus was observed, the overt purpose of the mission ), to New Zealand and to the east coast of Australia, where Cook mapped the coastline and made landfall at Botany Bay and at Endeavour River ( near modern Cooktown ) in Queensland, where they spent almost seven weeks ashore while the ship was repaired after becoming holed on the Great Barrier Reef.

Over time, the descendants of the surviving loyal crew have forgotten the purpose and nature of their ship and lapsed into a pre-technological culture marked by superstition, wherein the word " Ship " is become a synonym of " cosmos ", so that " To move the ship " is considered an oxymoron, and references to the Ship's " voyage " are interpreted as metaphor.

Although the principal purpose of the voyage was to find the Northwest Passage, several objects of scientific curiosity were deemed worthy of investigation, such as the location of the Earth's north magnetic pole and the behaviour of pendulums in high latitudes.

In December 1909, businessman and philanthropist Anthony R. Kuser proposed to the zoo that Beebe be allowed to go on a voyage around the world for the purpose of documenting the world's pheasants, which would be financed by Kuser.

The category does not include ferries or other vessels engaged in short-sea trading, nor dedicated cruise ships where the voyage itself, and not transportation, is the prime purpose of the trip.

An expedition typically refers to a long journey or voyage undertaken for a specific purpose, often exploratory, scientific, geographic, military or political in nature.

A main purpose of the voyage was to search for Terra Australis, which eluded them.

There were many such voyages of women to America for this purpose ( the 1619 voyage being the first ), with the women promised free passage and trousseaus for their trouble.

In 1767, he made a voyage to the East Indies in the British East India Company's service, and put £ 2000 lent him by an uncle to such good purpose in a private trading venture that he laid the foundation of a handsome fortune.

:" I should have liked to have spent the night in the lee of the island but the purpose of my voyage was not to make discoveries.

Financial backers, who would accept some of the risk on a given venture ( historically a sea voyage with associated risks of shipwreck ) in exchange for a premium, would literally write their names under the risk information that was written on a Lloyd's slip created for this purpose.

Or one could suppose that after some evil thoughts by Diego Velázquez, promptly rebuked and found blameworthy by the other Spaniards, who furthermore were willing to continue without Indians in Cuba, the voyage was planned exclusively as one of discovery and conquest, and for that purpose they brought the Veedor, and such a good pilot.

Hawkins, however, in an account of the voyage written thirty years afterwards, maintained, and by that time perhaps had really persuaded himself, that his expedition was undertaken purely for the purpose of geographical discovery.

There were two very damning pieces of evidence: the testimony of Edward Bright, the ship's carpenter, which alone of the accusations Doughty openly denied, and Doughty's own admission that he had disclosed the true purpose of their voyage to Lord William Burghley, a staunch advocate of avoiding trouble with the Spanish.

The purpose of the voyage was to explore and make a rough survey of the northern and north-west coasts of Australia.

Cabot had always been interested in making a voyage to Asia through the Arctic, and for this purpose King Edward VI chartered an association of English merchants, the Company of Merchant Adventurers in 1552-1553, with the Duke of Northumberland as principal patron.

A 1900 article reported that “ Mr. Capewell ’ s tenacity of purpose has brought him to the top and it is Hartford ’ s boast that he is one of the men who has done much toward making the city known the world over .” Capewell was among the passengers who attended the maiden voyage of the RMS Lusitania in September 1907.

No one seemed to know for sure what had happened, nor was there any purpose or responsibility in the muttering feet and urgent voices behind the driver, beyond finding out.

His purpose, however, was not to establish an empire, but to assert the principle of divine justice.

Anyone who tried to remedy some of the most glaring defects in our form of democracy was denounced as a traitorous red whose real purpose was the destruction of our government.

But by the time the papers were finally disposed of, the group had informed the world of its purpose, its recommendations, and its belief that Paul Bang-Jensen was not of sound mind.

Against Seebohm formidable foes have taken the field, notably F. W. Maitland, whose Domesday Book And Beyond was written expressly for this purpose, and Sir Paul Vinogradoff whose The Growth Of The Manor had a similar aim.

It was doing very well, too, having reached the center, and was pursuing its way with commendable singleness of purpose when Mr. Podger saw hazard approaching in the shape of a flashy little sports car.

Sing Sing's prisoner strike was motivated by a reasonable purpose, a fair break from parole boards.

But if his purpose was to inspire terror, his action could hardly have miscarried more obviously.

One moment, the road was filled with disciplined troops, marching four by four with a purpose as implacable as death ; ;

No, Kayabashi was bringing his associates here for a specific purpose and Rector would not be able to fathom it until they arrived.

Claire was bitterly disappointed but determined not to let the rebuff daunt her purpose.

Its purpose was to find ways of offsetting the United States' declining balance of trade for 1958 and 1959.

The State Ballet of Rhode Island, the first incorporated group, was formed for the purpose of extending knowledge of the art of ballet in the Community, to promote interest in ballet performances, to contribute to the cultural life of the State, and to provide opportunity for gifted dance students who, for one reason or another, are unable to pursue a career and to develop others for the professional state ; ;

The purpose of this provision was thus explained in the Court's opinion: ``

It was determined that the hours of sunrise and sunset, respectively, should be used for this purpose.

At this date, it seems probable that the name of Serge Prokofieff will appear in the archives of History, as an effective Traditionalist, who was fully aware of the lure and danger of experimentation, and used it as it served his purpose ; ;

-- Although there was some variation in results which must be attributed either to trace impurities or to variation in wall effects, the photochemical exchange in the gas phase was sufficiently reproducible so that it seemed meaningful to compare the reaction rates in different series of reaction tubes for the purpose of obtaining information on the effect of chlorine concentration and of carbon tetrachloride concentration on the reaction rate.

It was stated earlier that one purpose of this study was to extend the analysis of variability of Onset and Completion in each of the 21 growth centers somewhat beyond that provided by the data in Tables 1 and 2.

The purpose set forth at the beginning of this book was first to introduce the reader to a general background knowledge of the various types and capabilities of the forecasting methods already in use, so that he might then be in a position to evaluate for himself the validity of the rather astonishing empirical correlation that is to follow, and to appraise the forecast that its interpretation suggests for the future of farm prices over the years immediately ahead.

One purpose of the change was to attain sympathetic enforcement of rights insured by the Civil War amendments against state interference.

The Justice's elaborate examination of the legislative history of the provision in question suggests that Congress' purpose was merely to make unions suable.

The system is a dual purpose test and interception facility in Alaska, and in 2006 was operational with a few interceptor missiles.

We can therefore distinguish in the epistle both a general purpose ( to increase mutual joy ) and a specific purpose ( to provide readers with test by which they might assure themselves of their salvation ).

The real purpose of this car was to test several improvements originating from Kar Kraft, Shelby and McLaren.

Some test subjects paused at 135 volts and began to question the purpose of the experiment.

For example, a general purpose processor might require several instructions to test a bit in a register and branch if the bit is set, where a micro-controller could have a single instruction to provide that commonly required function.

Artistic research has been defined by the University of Dance and Circus ( Dans och Cirkushögskolan, DOCH ), Stockholm in the following manner-" Artistic research is to investigate and test with the purpose of gaining knowledge within and for our artistic disciplines.

Some devices provide test voltages on their interface connectors for this purpose.

The purpose of these test flights was to measure the flight characteristics of the mated combination.

The " doctorate was obtained after an oral examination to determine the originality of the candidate's theses ", and to test the student's " ability to defend them against all objections, in disputations set up for the purpose ," which were scholarly exercises practiced throughout the student's " career as a graduate student of law.

In Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, the opinion of the Court considered secular purpose and the absence of primary effect ; a concurring opinion saw both cases as having treated entanglement as part of the primary purpose test.

On the other hand, Dennis Baker has asserted that the evolving standards of decency test accords with the moral purpose of the Eighth Amendment and the Framer ’ s intent that the right be used to prevent citizens being subjected to all forms of unjust and disproportionate punishments.

Unconventional fiber size was not an issue, as they were developed by fiber manufacturers, but some test equipment has difficulty complying with revised qualification standards, and now use " Step Index with Bends " mode scramblers, which can be adjusted to purpose.

However, they also criticized the first prong of the Lemon test, noting that " to look for the sole purpose of even a single legislator is probably to look for something that does not exist ".

Less of Book 2 has stood the test of time than of Books 1 and 3, and it has been said that Book 2 was largely written on purpose to refute a theory of Descartes which had some wide acceptance before Newton's work ( and for some time after ).

" Thus, the goals arguably serve as a litmus test for non-Satanists, more so than as a compendium of the Satanist purpose.

Since then PETRA serves HASYLAB as a source of high-energy synchrotron radiation and for this purpose possesses three test experimental areas.

" Rather, the purpose of humanity is to be tested: " Who has created death and life, that He may test you which of you is best in deed.

The intervals and number of samples vary according to the purpose of the test.

The purpose of military commanders is not to test their army to destruction, and it has been suggested German commanders did not believe the army could endure continual battles of attrition like the Somme.

The purpose of the test was to allow the FCC and broadcasters to verify that EBS tone transmitters and decoders were functioning properly.

The purpose was to test systems and strategies for future lunar missions.

The purpose of these tests was to either kill or humiliate people placed into them if they could not outwit the test.