来自MSN11 个月
Rescued shells from Captain Cook's third voyage go on show for first time in 100 years
Captain James Cook was an 18th-century British explorer ... he was serving as armourer under Captain Cook during his third voyage on HMS Resolution. A third is a giant clam described as ...
来自MSN11 个月
Shells from Captain Cook’s third voyage are saved from skip by passing lecturer
An 18th century shell collection from Captain James Cook’s third voyage, thought lost for more than 40 years, has been returned to English Heritage after being saved from a skip in “nothing ...
BBC9 年
Captain Cook - The Man Behind the Legend
Series editor John Farren writes: In the late 18th century Captain James Cook led three great voyages of discovery ... In just over a decade he would add one third to the map of the known world.
Natural History Museum%2c London1 年
The Cook Voyages - HMS Endeavour, HMS Resolution and HMS Discovery
Halcyon leucocephala, grey-headed kingfisher. Annotated watercolour painting by Georg Forster, made during James Cook’s second voyage to explore the southern seas, 1772-75. Captain James Cook's ...