Sides’s latest effort, “The Wide Wide Sea,” is a gripping account of Captain James Cook’s final voyage. Cook is a controversial ... As recently as last month, Popular Mechanics published ...

On the 17th of January 1775, English Captain James ... voyage when they sighted South Georgia. After their initial discovery and landing, Cook began mapping the coastline, but did not bring ...

The voyages of Captain James Cook delivered new and exciting scientific ... then a 14 year old midshipman when the ship sailed in 1772. Hood was a member of the famous naval family and reached ...

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.

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 ...

The first prolonged visit was from the renowned English navigator James Cook, who anchored at Ship Cove (now Resolution ... and the Sandwich Islands. Captain Cook, Public Arcives of Canada Towards ...

The statue in Sydney has been splashed with red paint and had its nose and hand removed. The rare item had interest from all over the world, an auction house in Royal Wootton Bassett said.