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The final resting place of HMSEndeavour – the first European ship to reach the east coast of Australia – has been confirmed ...
Bestseller Sides (On Desperate Ground) recreates in this propulsive account the final expedition of Captain James Cook (1728–1779 ... that “on his final voyage something wasn’t quite ...
In the winter of 1769, the British explorer Captain James Cook, early into his first voyage across the Pacific, received from a Polynesian priest named Tupaia an astonishing gift—a map ...
James Cook’s first voyage of exploration which saw him become the first European to lay eyes on Australia took nearly three years. Fast forward over three centuries and NASA is talking about ...
For hardware, captain James Cook was to test out a new longitudinal ... First, it was meant to record a significant event. Cook’s first voyage, after all, had circumnavigated the globe; great ...
You're Dead to Me. Captain Cook's First Voyage. Audio, 58 minutesYou're Dead to Me Captain Cook's First Voyage Join Greg Jenner in the 18th century aboard a maiden voyage with Captain Cook.
Dan tells the extraordinary tale of Captain James Cook. Born a labourer's son, he would rise to become one of history's greatest explorers. He went about as far as it was possible to go, sailing the ...
A talk in celebration of World Oceans Day will present a modern perspective of Captain James Cook. Hampton Sides, a historian ...
A medal marking Captain James Cook's second voyage of discovery in 1772 has sold ... to future explorers that Captain Cook had been the first to reach unexplored lands and also to introduce ...