Captain Cook: The gravity of the dangers faced by Captain Cook on his historic voyage on the seas
James Cook’s first voyage of exploration which saw him become the first European to lay eyes on Australia took nearly three ...
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The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill
250 years after Captain James Cook began his epic exploration of the Pacific, Sam Neill journeys in his wake uncovering stories that resonate from those times on both sides of the beach. Watch all ...
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Shells collected on Captain Cook’s final voyage rescued from skip
Shells collected by Captain Cook’s crew were “miraculously ... century when they were gathered on the explorer’s third Pacific voyage, but the artefacts vanished 40 years ago and were ...
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Captain Cook statue in Sydney defaced ahead of Australia's national day
SYDNEY, Jan 24 (Reuters) - A statue in Sydney of British explorer James Cook, captain of the first Western ship to reach the east coast of Australia, was sprayed with red paint and damaged two ...
Captain Cook statue vandalised before Australia Day celebrations
A statue of James Cook, the captain of the first Western ship to reach the east coast of Australia, has been sprayed with red paint and damaged two days before the country’s national day.
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Let's not cancel Captain Cook: what history tells us of the great navigator
His memorials have been the focus of Australia Day protests in recent years but Captain James Cook's life and death show he was no xenophobe, writes DAVID ELLERY.