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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.
Captain James Cook and his journeys will be the focal ... “His first command [was given] in 1768 with Endeavour, the ship which he had selected as being a Yorkshire-built ship called a CAT ...
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.
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. When Lieutenant James Cook and the crew of HMB Endeavour stepped ashore in Botany Bay in April 1770 – during their exploration of ...
I first encountered Tupaia while researching Captain Samuel Wallis and the European discovery of Tahiti, and the subsequent voyages of James ... Cook the passes through the reefs. Anne explains, 'He ...