Captain Cook set sail from Plymouth to find an elusive trade route linking Europe to Asia in 1776. He never saw England again.

Researchers may have found the remains of a centuries-old ship, which was once commanded by British explorer Captain James Cook. The Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project says the HMS Endeavour may ...

Why did a tranquil island in the Pacific Ocean suddenly become the scene for the brutal killing of English explorer Capt. James Cook on a February day in 1779? Cook, after all, was known as a ...

"This new encyclopaedia aims to provide answers on all aspects of the life and voyages of Captain James Cook, and the people, places, events and ships associated with the great explorer. Researched ...

A Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Martin Luther King Jr. The fatal last voyage of Capt. James Cook. Our passion for the pigskin, in 100 memorable moments. And the improbable success story of the ...

Based upon the journal of Johann Reinhold Forster. Map engraved by William Whitchurch. Side-notes. Errata leaf bound in at end of v. 1; errata list printed at end of table of contents in v. 2. Some ...

As the United States prepares to commemorate 250 years since the Declaration of Independence, Hawaii occupies a unique place ...