The story of Capt. James Cook’s third voyage has all the elements of a Greek tragedy — hubris, good intentions gone awry, fatal error. The English sea captain, an ...

Captain James Cook and his journeys will be the focal point ... interest in inventions, there was all kinds of work going on simultaneously. “I can understand [the controversy], I think, whilst ...

In March 1779, as the American colonies were locked in their bitter struggle for independence from England, Benjamin Franklin ...

A statue of British explorer Captain James Cook in a suburb of Sydney has been vandalised ahead of Australia Day, the second such incident in as many years. New South Wales Police said they were ...