A medal marking Captain James Cook's second voyage of discovery in 1772 has sold ... many are still in existence," said Mr Wasp. "This one we have would have had an original hanging loop which ...

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 ...

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

Series editor John Farren writes: In the late 18th century Captain James Cook led three great voyages of discovery ... In just over a decade he would add one third to the map of the known world.

It is the central theme, which the author is well qualified to undertake, in the summaries of his three voyages ... The Life and Achievements of Captain James Cook, R.N., F.R.S. Explorer ...

When Lieutenant James ... one, had four prongs headed with sharp fish bones, and smeared with a greenish gum that Banks mistakenly thought was poison but turned out to be seaweed. Upon Cook ...

The first encounters between the native peoples of Canada and the Europeans took place on the East Coast, and it wasn't until many years later that natives on the West Coast began meeting the ...