With this work of 1788, he was the first biographer of Captain James Cook (1728–79), although several of Cook's colleagues, including Johann Reinhold Forster in 1778 and David Samwell in 1786, had ...

During Charles Darwin's 1831–6 voyage on the Beagle, his on-board library included 'Cook's voyages' (the edition is not specified ... in December 1772 and December 1773, Tasmania (by Captain Furneaux, ...

British explorer James Cook famously sailed a ship that ... coast of Rhode Island suggested that the rotted remains were ...

Should they encounter the British captain James Cook, Franklin wrote, not only were they to leave him unmolested, but they should also “treat the said Captain Cook and his people with all ...

Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Scorpio. Joni Mitchell arrives for the 64th annual Grammy ...

Captain James Cook's pioneering journeys across the Pacific in the eighteenth century changed the course of science. They also provided us with a superb visual record of this period of exploration.

Journalist Stan Grant features in a contentious new documentary that aims to “challenge the false narrative of Captain Cook” ...

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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 ...

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 ...

It is not the first time the Captain James Cook monument has been vandalised A century-old Captain James Cook statue has been cut down and a Queen Victoria monument covered in red paint in an ...