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 ...

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 ...

A statue of James Cook, the captain of the first Western ship to reach the east coast of Australia, has been sprayed with red paint and damaged two days before the country’s national day.

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 ...

Police investigating the alleged vandalism of a heritage listed Captain Cook statue in Sydney’s east have released security ...

Yet another statue of Captain James Cook has been destroyed after a spate of vandalism in the lead up to Australia Day. The bronze sculpture of the British explorer at the famous Cook's Cottage in ...

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 ...

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.

SYDNEY, Jan 24 (Reuters) - A statue in Sydney of British explorer James Cook, captain of the first Western ship to reach the east coast of Australia, was sprayed with red paint and damaged two ...

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 ...