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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
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 ...
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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 ...
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Restless Genes
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 ...
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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 ...
Sur la vaste, vaste mer
Le 12 juillet 1776, le capitaine James Cook embarque pour un troisième grand voyage à bord du HMS Resolution. Sa mission ...