Scientists confirm the discovery of Captain James Cook's historic ship, the Endeavour, in Newport Harbor, solving a centuries-old nautical mystery.

More than 200 years ago, the storied ship of captain James Cook — the one the legendary explorer used to "discover" Australia's East Coast — was scuttled by the British Navy.

The canonized and vilified Capt. James Cook is ready for a reassessment “The Death of Captain James Cook,” an engraving based on drawings by D. P. Dodd and other witnesses, engraved by Thomas ...

Captain James Cook is widely renowned as an explorer, pioneering navigator and preventer of scurvy. Glyn Williams investigates the standards he set in maritime exploration. The three major voyages ...

The final resting place of Captain Cook's Endeavour, the legendary ship that first brought the British to Australia, has been identified after 250 years.

1778: Capt. James Cook makes landfall in Waimea Bay on Kaua'i, becoming the first European to set foot in the Hawaiian Islands. Cook, commanding the HMS Resolution and accompanied by HMS Discovery ...

In this file photo, the Endeavour, a replica of Captain James Cook's ship of discovery, lies at anchor in Botany Bay in Sydney, Australia. AP Photo/Mark Baker, File 2023-11-28T02:21:07Z ...

When Captain James Cook entered the Bering Strait in 1778, he did it with pride in his king and country, as evidenced by the Union Jack flying high over the HMS Resolution.