People walk near a traffic cone where a monument of British explorer Captain James Cook once stood before it was removed following continued vandalism at a park Melbourne, Australia (Rod McGuirk ...

Captain James Cook and his journeys will be the focal point in a Channel 5 episode of James May’s Great Explorers on Thursday night (February 27) at 9pm. The former Top Gear presenter will also ...

A bronze statue of Captain James Cook has been returned to its spot in Fitzroy Gardens close to a year after it was toppled in an act of vandalism. The cost to repair the damage and return the ...

Middlesbrough Council say discussions are "ongoing" for the Captain Cook Birthplace Museum. The statue in Sydney has been splashed with red paint and had its nose and hand removed. The rare item ...

A memorial commemorating Captain James Cook’s first voyage may be taken down permanently amid concerns that it celebrates a “horrible” person. The monument at Blackfellows Point was erected ...

Sides’ latest book, “The Wide Wide Sea,” depicts the fatal third voyage of 18th Century British naval captain James Cook. The book recently debuted at number 3 on the New York Times ...

Captain James Cook’s voyages in the South Pacific in the late 1700s exemplify the law of unintended consequences. He set out to find a westward ocean passage from Europe to Asia but instead ...

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact, and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook; By Hampton Side; Doubleday; 432 pp., $35.00 Tales of Cook’s exploits have fallen out of ...

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It's a tribute to the great circumnavigator Captain James Cook. It stands just feet from where he died. Akoni Palacat-Nelsen is a native Hawaiian (or kanaka, as they call themselves) who works for ...