Australia’s bushfire summer and the coronavirus pandemic have put paid to many events planned to celebrate 250 years since Captain James Cook’s arrival, but others are going online. Captain James Cook ...
The final resting place of Captain Cook's Endeavour, the legendary ship that first brought the British to Australia, has been identified after 250 years. Between 1768 and 1771, the Endeavour became ...
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, Cook planned ...