Captain Cook statue disfigured and painted red in Sydney ahead of Australia Day
Captain Cook statue disfigured and painted red in Sydney ahead of Australia Day - Police say they are investigating incident which saw statue’s hand and nose knocked off ...
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South Georgia Island, 250th Anniversary of British Possession, led by the great navigator James Cook
English Captain James Cook landed at Possession Bay in South Georgia Island. While his vessel HMS Resolution sat at anchor in the bay, Cook went ashore, hoisted the British flag and performed the ...
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The Cook Voyages - HMS Endeavour, HMS Resolution and HMS Discovery
Annotated watercolour painting by Georg Forster, made during James ... Cook and his crew, which included naturalist Joseph Banks, accumulated a mass of natural history and ethnographic material that ...
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Captain Cook museum closure would be a 'tragedy'
The closure of a hometown museum dedicated to British explorer James Cook would be a "tragedy", campaigners warn. Middlesbrough Council has proposed shutting the Captain Cook Birthplace Museum ...