A medal marking Captain James Cook's second voyage of discovery in 1772 has sold for £6,500 at auction. Captain Cook was sent as far south as possible to determine if there was any great southern ...

A museum dedicated to 18th Century British explorer Captain James Cook has reopened for the season, but the benefactor helping fund it remains a mystery.The Captain Cook Birthplace Museum in ...

A museum dedicated to 18th Century British explorer Captain James Cook has reopened for the season, but future funding for ...

Halcyon leucocephala, grey-headed kingfisher. Annotated watercolour painting by Georg Forster, made during James Cook’s second voyage to explore the southern seas, 1772-75. Captain James Cook's ...

On the anniversary of Captain Cook’s first voyage to Australia, we consider the history of exploration through four objects including a map of sea monsters and a robot used for navigation ...

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.

He chose similar ships for his voyages, and his knowledge of their ... The Life and Achievements of Captain James Cook, R.N., F.R.S. Explorer, Navigator, Surveyor and Physician.

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 ...

Middlesbrough Council say discussions are "ongoing" for the Captain Cook Birthplace Museum. The statue in Sydney has been splashed with red paint and had its nose and hand removed. The rare item ...