Confederate Lieutenant Henry S. Farley pulled the trigger of a large cannon at Fort Sumter at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861.

Today in History for July 12: In 1191, the armies of the Third Crusade (1189-92), led by England's King Richard I (The Lionhearted), captured the Syrian seaport of Acre, now located in northern Israel ...

After 250 years, Captain James Cook's long-lost ship, HMS Endeavour, has been confirmed found off the coast of Newport Harbour, Rhode Island, through 25 years of archaeological research and ...

The HMS Endeavour, the long-lost ship once helmed by renowned British explorer Capt. James Cook during his Pacific voyage, has been discovered off the coast of Rhode Island, bringing an end to a ...

The location of the HMS Endeavour, a lost ship belonging to 18th-century British explorer Captain James Cook, has been confirmed as Rhode Island's Newport Harbor.

The location of the HMS Endeavour, a lost ship belonging to 18th-century British explorer Captain James Cook, has been confirmed as Rhode Island's Newport Harbor.

Captain James Cook’s long-lost ship was discovered 250 years later off the coast of Rhode Island. The Australian National Maritime Museum confirmed that the remains of a shipwreck in Newport ...

Researchers with the Australian National Maritime Museum have discovered Capt. Cook’s famous lost ship Endeavour, closing the book on a maritime mystery that has endured for 250 years.

MELBOURNE - The Australian city of Melbourne will not replace a damaged monument to British explorer James Cook, the mayor said, for fear it will inevitably be vandalised again. The granite-and ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian local government has decided against repairing an often-vandalized monument to renowned British explorer James Cook because it would be destroyed again. But ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian local government has decided against repairing an often-vandalized monument to renowned British explorer James Cook because it would be destroyed again ...