I first encountered Tupaia while researching Captain Samuel Wallis and the European discovery of Tahiti, and the subsequent voyages of James Cook and William Bligh,' Anne explains. 'In both Wallis's ...

The Captain Cook Birthplace Museum faces closure ... Cook’s first round-the-world voyage left England in 1768, bound for Tahiti. He commanded a ship called the HMS Endeavour, which reportedly ...

Sides’s latest effort, “The Wide Wide Sea,” is a gripping account of Captain James Cook’s final ... At Moorea, 12 miles from Tahiti, Cook created a “swinging bridge” from ropes to ...