SYDNEY (Reuters) - A pistol owned by British explorer Captain James Cook, who first claimed Australia for Britain nearly two and a half centuries ago, will go on the auction block next month in ...

A remarkable new book about the navigator, ‘Wide, Wide Sea’ by Hampton Sides, traces the adventurer’s third voyage and its fateful conclusion ...

On the Big Island of Hawaii, where the waves roll into Kealakekua Bay, a white obelisk 27 feet tall looms over the shoreline. It's a tribute to the great circumnavigator Captain James Cook. It stands ...

Written by Hampton Sides, "The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contract and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook," is a historic nonfiction book about the voyage and decisions ...

KEALAKEKUA BAY, HAWAII (HawaiiNewsNow) - The plaque marking the area where Captain James Cook met his end was installed once again Friday. The memorial has had some bad luck since its original ...

A "globally important" shell collection from the 18th century, thought to have been lost for more than 40 years, has resurfaced. The collection contains more than 200 specimens—among them rare ...

Explorer Captain James Cook is remembered by many in his native Great Britain and around the world for his 18th century voyages to the South Pacific. But Cook’s influence is recalled in the Pacific ...

Captain James Cook arrived in the Pacific 250 years ago, triggering British colonisation of the region. We’re asking researchers to reflect on what happened and how it shapes us today. You can see ...

Swiss watch brand Rado is reintroducing a Captain Cook timepiece 240 years after the death of the famous British navigator, explorer and cartographer for whom the original was named. Rado’s new 37mm ...