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 ... the Polynesian wowed the crew by navigating to an island unknown to Cook, some 300 miles south, without ever consulting compass ...

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 ...

Annapolis: Naval Institute, 2009. Pp. xiii, 216. Illus., maps, append., notes, biblio., index. $34.95. ISBN:1591141095. Capt. James Cook is justly famous for his ...

The four spears were taken by Captain Cook's crew during their first contact with Australia in 1770. Captain Cook Square is being redeveloped into a leisure destination to attract new businesses.