The local authority said it was not naming the benefactor while discussions were continuing, but added an announcement would ...

After English Captain Cook was killed by Hawaiians at Kealakekua, Hawaii, on Feb. 14, 1779, Captain Clerke took command of Cook’s ships Resolution and Discovery and prepared to resume Cook’s ...

James Cook in Canada: A People's History. By the nineteenth century ... and the Sandwich Islands. Captain Cook, Public Arcives of Canada Towards the end of his journeys, just after his discovery ...

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 ...

The Captain Cook Monument is a 27-foot obelisk that was erected in 1874 to memorialize where Cook died. He was killed in 1779 after a fight broke out between the Hawaiians and Westerners.