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A gripping account of Captain Cook’s final voyage
Sides’s latest effort, “The Wide Wide Sea,” is a gripping account of Captain James Cook’s final voyage. Cook is a controversial historical figure, especially in light of increasing ...
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The Cook Voyages - HMS Endeavour, HMS Resolution and HMS Discovery
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.
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Medal from Captain Cook's voyage sells for £6,500
A medal marking Captain James Cook's second voyage of discovery in 1772 has sold for £6,500 at auction. Captain Cook was sent as far south as possible to determine if there was any great southern ...
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Wooden box from Captain Cook's voyages
The voyages of Captain James Cook delivered new and exciting scientific and geographical discoveries to the western world. "Natural Curiosities", such as rocks, plants and animals were obviously ...
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South Georgia Island, 250th Anniversary of British Possession, led by the great navigator James Cook
English Captain James Cook landed at Possession Bay in South Georgia Island. While his vessel HMS Resolution sat at anchor in ...