The controversial legacy of Captain James Cook 06:18. On the Big Island of Hawaii, where the waves roll into Kealakekua Bay, a white obelisk 27 feet tall looms over the shoreline.

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 remains of captain Cook’s ship, HMS Endeavour, has been located off the US coast after sinking 250 years ago. Between 1768 and 1771, the ship became the first European vessel to reach eastern ...

A statue in Sydney of British explorer James Cook, captain of the first Western ship to reach the east coast of Australia, was sprayed with red paint and damaged two days before Australia's ...

"The Death of Captain Cook: A Hero Made and Unmade" by Glyn Williams takes a new look at the violent death of Captain James Cook, England's foremost adventurer/explorer of the 18th century.

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 ...

In 1779, during his third voyage, Cook encountered the Hawaiian islands. But he was killed by villagers that year while attempting to kidnap the King of Hawaiʻi, Kalaniʻōpuʻu, for ransom. Lost ...

LONDON, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Former England captain Alastair Cook, his country's record test run scorer, announced his retirement from professional cricket on Friday. The 38-year-old left-handed ...

Renaming Captain Cook’s would present a beautiful opportunity to fully integrate Polynesian culture into the resort experience. Polynesia has stories, symbols, and natural wonders that could ...

A 110-year-old Captain Cook statue in a Melbourne park has been cut at the ankles and toppled off its stone base just hours before Australia Day. The bronze statue in St Kilda's Catani Gardens was ...

At the very beginning of March it was announced that four Aboriginal fishing spears collected by Captain Cook on his visit to Botany Bay in 1770, donated to Trinity College at Cambridge in 1771 ...

A jury in Kona found a 29-year-old Captain Cook man guilty of murder and arson Wednesday in connection with a May 25, 2021, shooting on Keauhou-Kainaliu Beach Road.