Sides’s latest effort, “The Wide Wide Sea,” is a gripping account of Captain James Cook’s final voyage. Cook is a ... elusive ...

Captain Clerke took command of Cook’s ships Resolution and Discovery and prepared to resume Cook’s third Pacific voyage by searching for the Northwest Passage, a sea route linking the Pacific ...

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.

He chose similar ships for his voyages ... Russia extended to his third expedition a safe conduct in that war period. The Life and Achievements of Captain James Cook, R.N., F.R.S. Explorer ...

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 ...