On Dec. 29, 1777, Captain James Cook observed an annular solar eclipse. Captain Cook was a British explorer who sailed ...

The Captain Cook Monument is a 27-foot obelisk that was erected in 1874 to memorialize where Cook died. He was killed in 1779 after a fight broke out between the Hawaiians and Westerners. The monument ...

On October 27, 1728, James Cook was born in a small town in northern England. Apprenticed to a shipowner, he eventually joined the Royal Navy, and is remembered today as Captain Cook. In a series of ...

Researchers believe they have found the wreckage of the HMS Endeavour, vessel of legendary British explorer, James Cook. Cook commanded the ship from 1768 to 1771 on his famous voyage mapping the ...

A Captain Cook statue was covered in red paint and smashed just two days before Australia Day celebrations are set to begin. The monument of the famed British explorer James Cook is located in the ...