Captain Cook set sail from Plymouth to find an elusive trade route linking Europe to Asia in 1776. He never saw England again ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the Big Island of Hawaii, where the waves roll into Kealakekua Bay, a white obelisk 27 feet tall looms over the shoreline. It's ...

CAPTAIN COOK’S ship, HMS Endeavour, which the adventurer used to explore Australia, has been identified after a 250 year long mystery. The vessel was the first European ship to reach Eastern Australia ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mai (left, painted by Joshua Reynolds) accompanied Cook (right, painted by Nathaniel Dance) on his final voyage - Alamy A few ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...