It's a tribute to the great circumnavigator Captain James Cook. It stands just feet from where he died. Akoni Palacat-Nelsen is a native Hawaiian (or kanaka, as they call themselves) who works for ...

In the early Sydney colony, newcomers commonly quizzed Indigenous locals about their memories of Captain Cook and the ... who relied on documentary sources should not attempt such jumps.

An analysis of textbooks used in Australian schools reveals how the myth that Captain Cook "discovered ... as historians” by examining primary sources (in this case old maps) and evaluating ...

Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson has reportedly been in talks over the creation of a new visitor experience to replace the Captain Cook Birthplace Museum. According to sources, Mr Gibson and ...

Cook then continued sailing the region searching for the "Great Southern Land." Local tribesmen killed Captain Cook in Hawaii on February 14, 1779. A final archaeological report on the wreck's ...

With the 250th anniversary of Captain James Cook's voyage to Australia, it is time to brush up on the history of our nation's most famous naval explorer. Many European voyages had previously ...

On Valentine’s Day, 1779, Captain James Cook invited Hawaii’s King Kalani‘ōpu‘u to visit his ship, the Resolution. Cook and the King were on friendly terms, but, on this particular day ...

Captain James Cook rose from humble beginning to become a famous cartographer and explorer. Painting: Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland/National Maritime Museum, Greenwich The replica Endeavour sailing ...