A medal marking Captain James Cook's second voyage of discovery in 1772 has sold for £6,500 at auction. Captain Cook was sent as far south as possible to determine if there was any great southern ...

Halcyon leucocephala, grey-headed kingfisher. Annotated watercolour painting by Georg Forster, made during James Cook’s second voyage to explore the southern seas, 1772-75. Captain James Cook's ...

Series editor John Farren writes: In the late 18th century Captain James Cook led three great voyages of discovery which would push the borders of the British Empire to the ends of the earth.

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 ...

His name is synonymous with Whitby and he became a household name after embarking on voyages to New Zealand, Australia and ...

Based on Captain James Cook's three voyages. It was on his first voyage, in 1770 (while in the South Pacific region to observe the transit of Venus), that Captain Cook discovered the east coast of ...