“I never before met with the natives of any place so much astonished, as these people were, upon entering a ship,” wrote Captain James Cook upon first landing in what he called the Sandwich ...

New book shares stories of Captain Cook's arrival from the perspectives of First Nations people on Australia's ...

David Hemblen plays Capt. James Cook in Canada: A People's History. By the nineteenth century, Europeans and Indians were into the third century of their uneven relationship but there had still ...

A life-sized replica of HMS Endeavour that Captain Cook sailed on is up for sale - with suggestions buyers could turn it into a nightclub, Indian restaurant, or even a chippy. The Endeavour is ...

Series editor John Farren writes: In the late 18th century Captain James Cook led three great voyages of discovery which would push the borders of the British Empire to the ends of the earth.

The statue of Captain James Cook was found covered in paint on Thursday A statue of British explorer Captain James Cook has been vandalised in Melbourne in an apparent protest on the eve of ...

Europeans were introduced to the Great Barrier Reef by British explorer Capt. James Cook, who came upon it quite by accident. On a June evening in 1770, Cook heard the screech of wood against ...

The prominent statue is located in Sydney's Hyde Park A debate has ignited in Australia over a statue of British explorer Captain James Cook, which has a plaque saying he "discovered this territory".

In the winter of 1769, the British explorer Captain James Cook, early into his first voyage across the Pacific, received from a Polynesian priest named Tupaia an astonishing gift—a map ...

History junkies make the trek to Kealakekua for a different reason altogether. British explorer Capt. James Cook first spotted the bay and stayed here as a guest in January 1779. Weeks later ...

Overcoming great odds to bring surfing to their West African community, a new short documentary details the inspiring story ...