Captain James Cook's pioneering journeys across the Pacific in the eighteenth century changed the course of science. They also provided us with a superb visual record of this period of exploration.

During Charles Darwin's 1831–6 voyage on the Beagle, his on-board library included 'Cook's voyages' (the edition is not specified). This illustrated 1821 edition, in seven volumes, is representative ...

When European explorers first began sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, they were searching for new routes to China and the ...

Nothing feeds our sense of wonder quite like stories of exploration. Whether they are cocksure astronauts or stoic arctic ...

In 1741, on his second voyage, Bering headed up an expedition ... The British dispatched Captain James Cook to Alaska in 1778, where he completed the first systematic survey of the coastline ...

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 ...

The voyages of Captain James Cook delivered new and exciting scientific and geographical discoveries to the western world. "Natural Curiosities", such as rocks, plants and animals were obviously ...

Sides’s latest effort, “The Wide Wide Sea,” is a gripping account of Captain James Cook’s final voyage. Cook is a controversial historical figure, especially in light of increasing ...

The majority of specimens in this collection date from the early-to-mid 1800s through to the mid-to-late 1900s, though the oldest skins date back to Captain James Cook’s voyages in the mid-to-late ...

explorer James Cook arrived in Australia. He would later claim the region for the British crown. But celebrations in Australia for the 250th anniversary of Captain Cook's voyage have been a muted ...

These were issued back in 2020 to mark the 250th anniversary of Brit explorer Captain James Cook’s famous Voyage of Discovery. The Royal Mint announced in 2018 that they'd release a unique three ...

TV presenter James May has been left 'annoyed' after he was forced to pull out of filming his new Channel 5 show The Great ...