During his third Pacific voyage beginning in 1776, Capt. James Cook recorded in his journal: “The universality of tattooing is a curious subject for speculation….” Today, however, getting inked as a ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — If the ship legendary explorer Capt. James Cook used to sail around the world is found at the bottom of Newport Harbor, Rhode Island will own it outright because of a legal ...

Based upon the journal of Johann Reinhold Forster. Map engraved by William Whitchurch. Side-notes. Errata leaf bound in at end of v. 1; errata list printed at end of table of contents in v. 2. Some ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Obverse Image: Bust of Captain James ...

A photograph from a series of images showing the tattoos of C. A. Lushbaugh, who served in the Navy in the 1920s. (USS Arizona Memorial Collection, Naval History and Heritage Command) During his third ...