Annotated watercolour painting by Georg Forster, made during James Cook’s second voyage to explore ... from the Terra Nova expedition In 1772, Cook captained the HMS Resolution on a voyage to find ...

The new coin features the HMS Resolution, the ship that was captained by James Cook. The year 2020 marks the bicentenary of the reign of George III, Britain’s longest-reigning king. During his ...

In 1778 the explorer Captain James Cook was in the Pacific, on board 'HMS Resolution', looking for the North West Passage, hoping to find a sea-route over the north of Canada that would connect ...

Cook and his vessel HMS Resolution departed Plymouth Sound in July 1772 on an expedition to circumnavigate the globe as far south as possible and determine whether there was a great southern landmass.