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.
New owners intend to run the ship as a restaurant and wedding venue in Yorkshire by March next year The new owners of an exact replica of HMS Endeavour ... Captain James Cook’s voyage with ...
An exact replica of HMS Endeavour has been bought for £1.5million - and the new owners plan to retrace Captain Cook's legendary world voyages. The Endeavour is currently moored in Whitby harbour, near ...
Auctioneers are expecting a lot of interest in the medal A medal from Captain James Cook's second voyage of discovery is due to be auctioned and could fetch up to £3,000. The medal was ...
This book is a dramatic and lively account of the encounters between Captain Cook, his crew and the Indigenous people of Australia during the Endeavour's first landing at Botany Bay, on Australia's ...
Born in Piteå, northern Sweden, naturalist Daniel Solander (1733-1782) is primarily remembered for his scientific contributions during James Cook's first voyage. Solander was invited aboard the ...
Edited by Glyndwr Williams, GLYNDWR WILLIAMS is Emeritus Professor of History, Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London. In the more than two hundred years since his death, Cook's ...
A medal from Captain James Cook's second voyage of discovery is due to be auctioned and could fetch up to £3,000. The medal was commissioned by famous botanist Sir Joseph Banks and paid for by ...
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 ...