They are all that remain from a collection of 40-50 stolen by James Cook ... story en route, as Cook searches for the truth ...

Sides’s latest effort, “The Wide Wide Sea,” is a gripping account of Captain James Cook’s final voyage. Cook is a controversial historical figure, especially in light of increasing ...

Captain James Cook's pioneering journeys across the Pacific in the eighteenth century changed the course of science. They also provided us with a superb visual record of this period of exploration.

In the winter of 1769, the British explorer Captain James Cook, early into his first voyage across the Pacific, received from a Polynesian priest named Tupaia an astonishing gift—a map ...

The statue in Sydney has been splashed with red paint and had its nose and hand removed. The rare item had interest from all over the world, an auction house in Royal Wootton Bassett said.