The controversial legacy of Captain James Cook 06:18. On the Big Island of Hawaii, ... Cook's third voyage left England in July of 1776, just as the American Revolution was taking off.

An 18th century shell collection from Captain James Cook’s third voyage, thought lost for more than 40 years, has been returned to English Heritage after being saved from a skip in “nothing ...

The shells collected during Captain Cook's ill-fated third voyage are set to go on display in Northumberland, England, where visitors can see them for the first time in 100 years and learn about ...

And she also had a neighbor who was on Captain Cook's third voyage. KELLY: After Bridget Atkinson died in 1814, her shell collection was passed down to her kids and her grandkids.

The bestselling author of "Ghost Soldiers," "In the Kingdom of Ice" and "On Desperate Ground," returns with the story of Captain James Cook, and an account of his final, fatal voyage of exploration.

Though controversy erupted when a shipwreck was declared to be the HMS Endeavour back in 2022, a new published report ...

An 18th century shell collection from Captain James Cook’s third voyage, thought lost for more than 40 years, has been returned to English Heritage after being saved from a skip in “nothing ...

Maritime archaeologists have announced the discovery of Captain James Cook's HMS Endeavour 250 years after the vessel sunk to the ocean floor. The Australian National Maritime Museum identified the ...

James Cook is considered one of the greatest navigators and explorers of all time. A British naval captain, navigator, and explorer, Cook famously charted New Zealand in 1770 and later made ...

The story of Capt. James Cook’s third voyage has all the elements of a Greek tragedy — hubris, ... Captain Cook’s story is the apotheosis of the adventure stories Sides tells so well.

In just his first voyage with Endeavor, he charted the coastline of eastern Australia, and circumnavigated both New Zealand ...

An 18th-century shell collection from Captain James Cook’s third voyage thought lost for more than 40 years, has been returned to English Heritage after being saved from a skip in “nothing ...