Halcyon leucocephala, grey-headed kingfisher. Annotated watercolour painting by Georg Forster, made during James Cook’s second voyage to explore the southern seas, 1772-75. Captain James Cook's ...

The first encounters between the native peoples of Canada and the Europeans took place on the East Coast, and it wasn't until many years later that natives on the West Coast began meeting the ...

His name is synonymous with Whitby and he became a household name after embarking on voyages to New Zealand, Australia and North America in the 1700s. Did you know with a Digital subscription to ...

A statue of Captain Cook and his family's 18th century home have been vandalised in Fitzroy Gardens, in Melbourne's CBD. It follows a string of attacks targeting colonial figures, including a ...