English Captain James Cook landed at Possession Bay in South Georgia Island. While his vessel HMS Resolution sat at anchor in ...

The new owners of an exact replica of HMS Endeavour plan to retrace Captain James Cook’s voyage with the ship… before turning it into a pub ...

The Endeavour is currently moored in Whitby harbour, near where Captain James Cook was born and where he and his crew set off from in the original vessel in 1768. Since 2018 it has been ...

Image courtesy NOC Captain John Leask, onboard the RRS James Cook, says that while they are still supporting a science expedition, Christmas is will still be marked, with family and friends back ...

1. The Wide Wide Sea by Hampton Sides (Doubleday: $35) An epic account of Capt. James Cook’s final voyage. 2. The Creative Act by Rick Rubin (Penguin: $32) The music producer’s guidance on how ...

History junkies make the trek to Kealakekua for a different reason altogether. British explorer Capt. James Cook first spotted the bay and stayed here as a guest in January 1779. Weeks later ...

7. The Wide Wide Sea by Hampton Sides (Doubleday: $35) An epic account of Capt. James Cook’s final voyage. 8. Patriot by Alexei Navalny (Knopf $35) The memoir of a political opposition leader ...

9. The Wager by David Grann (Doubleday: $30) The story of the shipwreck of an 18th century British warship and a mutiny among the survivors. 10. The Wide Wide Sea by Hampton Sides (Doubleday: $35) An ...