Author Dan E. Parkes writes of the ship's tragic sinking, and Smith's family legacy, in ‘Titanic Legacy: The Captain, The ...

Series editor John Farren writes: In the late 18th century Captain James Cook led three great voyages of discovery which would push the borders of the British Empire to the ends of the earth.

THE consideration of Cook as the ‘physician’ rather than the astronomer, surveyor and explorer well deserves this pleasant story. It is the central theme, which the author is well qualified to ...