With this work of 1788, he was the first biographer of Captain James Cook (1728–79), although ... However, it remained the only biography for forty years, and shaped public perception of Cook as a ...

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.

The statue of Captain James Cook was found covered in paint on Thursday A statue of British explorer Captain James Cook has been vandalised in Melbourne in an apparent protest on the eve of ...

During Charles Darwin's 1831–6 voyage on the Beagle, his on-board library included 'Cook's voyages' (the edition is not specified ... in December 1772 and December 1773, Tasmania (by Captain Furneaux, ...

as a crew member on Captain James Cook’s ill-fated third voyage. During that trip, Cook had named the site (now considered the most northwestern point in the contiguous United States ...

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 ...

Veterans Day is an opportunity to honor all of the men and women who have served the United States in uniform—and you ...

A Spanish TV documentary has broadcast claims that Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe and not from ...

The broad strokes of Pocahontas’s biography are well ... Pocahontas met Captain John Smith, at one time president of the council for the James Fort colony, and expressed her displeasure with ...

Wayne Rooney was a former player and captain for Manchester United. He has played much of his career as a forward, but was also used in various midfield roles. He spent two seasons at Everton ...

Thomas Tuchel has asked supporters and pundits who believe the England manager should be English to “give us a chance” and ...

The current owner of the New York Rangers is Jamеs Dolan. James is also thе ownеr of thе Nеw York Knicks of thе National Baskеtball Association (NBA) and thе Radio City Music Hall.