James Cook’s first voyage circumnavigated the globe in the ship Endeavour, and gave scientific members of the expedition an opportunity to collect specimens from previously unexplored habitats.

Sides’s latest effort, “ The Wide Wide Sea,” is a gripping account of Captain James Cook’s final voyage.

The controversial legacy of Captain James Cook On the Big Island of Hawaii, where the waves roll into Kealakekua Bay, a white obelisk 27 feet tall looms over the shoreline.

James Cook is considered one of the greatest navigators and explorers of all time. A British naval captain, navigator, and explorer, Cook famously charted New Zealand in 1770 and later made ...

The bestselling author of "Ghost Soldiers," "In the Kingdom of Ice" and "On Desperate Ground," returns with the story of Captain James Cook, and an account of his final, fatal voyage of exploration.

UNTIL RECENTLY Captain James Cook was not a particularly controversial figure. But in January a statue of the 18th-century British explorer was toppled in Melbourne and the words “The colony ...

This book cover image released by Doubleday shows "The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook" by Hampton Sides. (Doubleday via AP ...

Elizabeth Kolbert reviews “The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook,” a new biography by Hampton Sides.

Book Review The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook By Hampton Sides Doubleday: 432 pages, $35 If you buy books linked on our site ...

Sides' book is "The Wide, Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact And The Fateful Final Voyage Of Captain James Cook." So let's talk a bit about what an overseas voyage was like in the, you ...

It includes shells gathered on Captain James Cook's final voyage, now on display at a museum in Northumberland.