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 ...
On the 17th of January 1775, English Captain James ... first issue commemorates Possession itself and the start of South Georgia’s 250-year journey from obscurity to the modern age. Cook and ...
In 1768, His Majesty's Bark Endeavour set sail from England on a scientific voyage with Lieutenant James Cook. What did the voyage accomplish for science and navigation? What was the impact for this ...