A museum dedicated to 18th Century British explorer Captain James Cook has reopened for the season, but the benefactor helping fund it remains a mystery.The Captain Cook Birthplace Museum in ...

A medal marking Captain James Cook's second voyage of discovery in 1772 has sold for £6,500 at auction. Captain Cook was sent as far south as possible to determine if there was any great southern ...

Tupaia joined Captain Cook's first voyage at Tahiti in July 1769 ... When HMS Endeavour departed Tahiti on its secret mission to find and map Terra Australis, Tupaia and his young male servant Taiata ...

It is the central theme, which the author is well qualified to undertake, in the summaries of his three voyages ... and Achievements of Captain James Cook, R.N., F.R.S. Explorer, Navigator ...