Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mai (left, painted by Joshua Reynolds) accompanied Cook (right, painted by Nathaniel Dance) on his final voyage - Alamy A few ...

On this day 250 years ago, Captain James Cook was about to leave the island of Tahiti in search of a lost continent known as Terra Australis. Cook had been sent to the region by the British admiralty, ...

A medal marking Captain James Cook's second voyage of discovery in 1772 has sold for £6,500 at auction. Captain Cook was sent as far south as possible to determine if there was any great southern ...

English explorer Captain James Cook (1728 - 1779) proclaims New South Wales a British possession, shortly after his landing at Botany Bay. His ship, the Endeavour can be seen in the background.

The mission was ambitious and dangerous: to explore new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations and, in the captain's own words, go "farther than any other man has been before me." This was ...

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James Cook’s first voyage circumnavigated the globe in the ship Endeavour, and gave scientific members of the expedition an opportunity to collect specimens from previously unexplored habitats.

The History Channel's fascinating reality adventure, The Ship, is a three-part voyage from Cairns, Australia, to Bali, Indonesia, that sets sail tonight. When the trip ends Wednesday, its 21st-century ...

“BETTER late than never” may be said of the book the title of which is given above. It is a curious fact that the scientific results of several of the most important and most costly voyages of ...

I’m grateful to the Santa Fe bookseller who put Hampton Sides’ “Blood and Thunder” into my hands some years ago. With Kit Carson’s death-defying exploits at its center, the book revolutionized my ...

When HMS Resolution and HMS Adventure set sail from Plymouth, England, in 1772, the ships were stocked for a long and grueling journey into the unknown. Provisions included 60,000 tons of biscuit, ...

We take a deep dive into Cook's life and legacy with Cliff Thornton, who is a member of the Captain Cook Society. 250 Years Ago, Captain Cook Embarked On First Of Three Voyages On this day 250 years ...