The medal will form part of a Whitby exhibition marking 300 years since Captain Cook's birth.

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 ...

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Captain Cook was William Bligh's mentor, role model, and cautionary tale all at once. This is the story of how Cook's three voyages, his violence, his diseases, and his death in Hawaii, shaped ...

Inside Hotel Captain Cook’s lobby in downtown Anchorage, it’s Christmas as usual. Poinsettias line countertops, garland dips from the ceilings and windows, and in the back corner by the elevators, ...

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 ...

Auctioneers are expecting a lot of interest in the medal A medal from Captain James Cook's second voyage of discovery is due to be auctioned and could fetch up to £3,000. The medal was commissioned by ...

On February 14, 1779, Capt. James Cook was killed on the island of Hawaii (the Big Island). He had sailed around the world twice, mapping great unknown stretches of the Pacific Ocean from below the ...

An engraving of Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg’s The Apotheosis of Captain Cook by John Thane and John Webber. Photograph: Royal Academy of Arts In the 18th century, the naval explorer was ...

A century-old statue of Captain James Cook has been sawn off at the ankles and another of Queen Victoria doused in red paint, in apparent acts of protest on the divisive Australia Day national holiday ...