A few weeks ago, the library of Cambridge’s Trinity College (home of the recently defaced Lord Balfour portrait) exhibited four ­Australian fishing spears. They are all that remain from a collection ...

On this day 250 years ago, Captain James Cook was about to leave the island of Tahiti in search of a lost continent known as Terra Australis. Cook had been sent to the region by the British admiralty, ...

The shells collected during Captain Cook's ill-fated third voyage are set to go on display in Northumberland, England, where visitors can see them for the first time in 100 years and learn about their ...

The History Channel's fascinating reality adventure, The Ship, is a three-part voyage from Cairns, Australia, to Bali, Indonesia, that sets sail tonight. When the trip ends Wednesday, its 21st-century ...

The mission was ambitious and dangerous: to explore new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations and, in the captain's own words, go "farther than any other man has been before me." This was ...

A shell collection featuring specimens gathered during Captain Cook's ill-fated third and final voyage has come to light after being rescued from a skip 40 years ago. The enormous collection was ...

Stephen Morey is a chief Investigator on an Australian Research Council funded grant for the project 'Howitt & Fison’s anthropology: using new methods to reveal hidden riches.(LP160100192) By now, ...

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 famous botanist Sir Joseph Banks and paid for by the ...

A 'globally important' shell collection rescued from a skip containing gems from Captain Cook’s third voyage will go on show from today in Northumberland, England, after they were believed to have ...

We take a deep dive into Cook's life and legacy with Cliff Thornton, who is a member of the Captain Cook Society. 250 Years Ago, Captain Cook Embarked On First Of Three Voyages On this day 250 years ...