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.

English explorer Captain James Cook circa 1770. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images) On this day 250 years ago, Captain James Cook was about to leave the island of Tahiti in search of a lost continent ...

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.

"The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook" by Hampton Sides (Doubleday), in Hardcover, Large Print Trade Paperback, eBook and Audio ...

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 ...

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 ...

An excellent new book draws on Cook’s letters and notebooks to tell the story of his third and final trip. Cook was almost 50 when he set off on HMS Resolution in July 1776.Among the crew he ...