In the 18th century, Captain James Cook undertook a secret state mission given to him by King George II himself. Almost 200 years later, secret secrets continued to wreak havoc in the height of ...

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 ...

Hotel Captain Cook bellman Ron Owen passes a painting depicting Captain James Cook outside rooms on September 26, 2024. (Marc Lester / ADN) It was the tail end of the pipeline’s construction ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...