In August 1768, under the command of then-Lieutenant James Cook, HMS Endeavour and her crew set sail for Tahiti to observe the transit of Venus - before opening sealed orders for a secret assignment.

a peninsula on the northern tip of Tahiti marked by a white six-storey lighthouse. Traditions and old techniques Point Venus got its name from James Cook, who set up camp here to watch the 1769 ...

Captain James Cook and his journeys will be the focal point ... Royal Navy to observe the transit of Venus across the sun in Tahiti but was also ordered in secret documents, which he was ...

Sides’s latest effort, “The Wide Wide Sea,” is a gripping account of Captain James Cook’s final voyage ... At Moorea, 12 ...

A medal marking Captain James Cook's second voyage of discovery in ... distributed to people in more than 30 locations including Tahiti, Easter Island and New Zealand. Gareth Wasp, of RWB Auctions ...

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 ...