A medal marking Captain James Cook's second voyage of discovery in 1772 has sold for £6,500 at auction. Captain Cook was sent as far south as possible to determine if there was any great southern ...

Halcyon leucocephala, grey-headed kingfisher. Annotated watercolour painting by Georg Forster, made during James Cook’s second voyage to explore the southern seas, 1772-75. Captain James Cook's ...

Series editor John Farren writes: In the late 18th century Captain James Cook led three great voyages of discovery ... he would add one third to the map of the known world. Vanessa Collingridge ...

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 museum sits close to where British explorer James ... Captain Cook's legacy has been viewed less favourably in recent years due to his treatment of the people he encountered during his voyages ...

It is the central theme, which the author is well qualified to undertake, in the summaries of his three voyages ... The Life and Achievements of Captain James Cook, R.N., F.R.S. Explorer ...