Captain James Cook's pioneering journeys across the Pacific in the eighteenth century changed the course of science. They also provided us with a superb visual record of this period of exploration.

The new coin features the HMS Resolution, the ship that was captained by James Cook. The year 2020 marks the bicentenary of the reign of George III, Britain’s longest-reigning king. During his ...

In August 1768, under the command of then-Lieutenant James Cook, HMS Endeavour and her crew set sail for Tahiti to observe the transit of Venus - before opening sealed orders for a secret assignment.

The survival of a museum dedicated to British explorer James Cook is reliant on ... Indigenous activists say Cook and his crew on the HMS Endeavour committed atrocities including murder within ...

Influenced by Solander, Banks had planned to study with Linnaeus at Uppsala. But he ultimately joined James Cook aboard HMS Endeavour, departing for Tahiti in 1768, and invited Solander to accompany ...

English explorer captain James Cook aboard HMS Resolution named the Island 'Isle of Georgia' in honor of the then Monarch, King George III of Great Britain and Ireland. In the bay where Cook ...