In the late 18th century Captain James Cook led three great voyages of discovery which would push the borders of the British Empire to the ends of the earth. In just over a decade he would add one ...

The replica of Captain James Cook's ship, Endeavour, sails away from Sydney Harbour. (Pic credit: Richard Palfreyman / Perth 2011 via Getty Images) “He was shown to be an industrious ...

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 ...

Annotated watercolour painting by Georg Forster, made during James Cook’s second voyage to explore the southern seas, 1772-75. Captain James Cook's pioneering ... Later on, however, he became over ...