The HMS Endeavour is one of the world’s most sought after shipwrecks, as it was captained by famous Captain James Cook. Captain Cook was known for his ‘voyage of discovery’ which took him ...

A talk in celebration of World Oceans Day will present a modern perspective of Captain James Cook. Hampton Sides, a historian ...

Sailing the southern Pacific Ocean in 1769, two of history’s greatest navigators drafted a remarkable map. One was the British explorer Captain James Cook ... had sailed around New Zealand ...

He was a latecomer to the Age of Exploration, but James Cook still ... At his death, Cook had charted thousands of miles of coastline around the world and solved several mysteries of the South ...

Exactly 251 years ago this week, the world as it was known was about to change forever. On August 26, 1768, explorer James Cook set off from ... Bay on the world map, reports News.com.au.

The story of Capt. James Cook’s third voyage has all the elements of a Greek tragedy — hubris, good intentions gone awry, fatal error. The English sea captain, an ...