Captain James Cook undertook a secret state mission given to him by King George II himself. Almost 200 years later, secret ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The stamp issue commemorates Possession itself and the start of South Georgia’s 250-year journey from obscurity to the modern age. On the 17th of January 1775, English Captain James Cook landed ...

The museum sits close to where British explorer James Cook was born A museum dedicated to 18th Century British explorer Captain James Cook has reopened for the season, but future funding for the ...

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 ...