Captain Cook statue disfigured and painted red in Sydney ahead of Australia Day - Police say they are investigating incident which saw statue’s hand and nose knocked off ...

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 ...

January 18: On his third and final voyage to the Pacific Ocean, British explorer Captain James Cook is the first European to visit the Hawai'ian Islands. He is welcomed by the islanders ...

The survival of a museum dedicated to British explorer James Cook is reliant on a mystery benefactor. Middlesbrough Council had proposed shutting the Captain Cook Birthplace Museum earlier this ...

The closure of a hometown museum dedicated to British explorer James Cook would be a "tragedy", campaigners warn. Middlesbrough Council has proposed shutting the Captain Cook Birthplace Museum ...

While his vessel HMS Resolution sat at anchor in the bay, Cook went ashore, hoisted the British flag and ... and depicting the brilliant explorer and discoverer James Cook In effect this ...

The statue of a person some call an "explorer" and others call a "colonizer" has been vandalized in Australia. English naval Captain James Cook sailed the world's oceans in the 1700s.

Captain Cook Square is being redeveloped into a leisure destination to attract new businesses. The attraction in the explorer's birthplace remains under threat amid local council money worries.

Police in Sydney are investigating after a statue of British explorer Captain James Cook was sprayed with red paint and damaged two days before Australia's national day.

Monday, January 17th was South Georgia Possession Day, marking 247 years since the first landing on the island was made by Captain James Cook. The British explorer was on his second world voyage ...