Researchers have confirmed that the 18th-century British explorer Captain James Cook's lost ship found its final resting place in Rhode Island's Newport Harbor, solving a decadeslong mystery, ...

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact, and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook; By Hampton Side; Doubleday; 432 pp., $35.00 Tales of Cook’s exploits have fallen out of favor.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the Big Island of Hawaii, where the waves roll into Kealakekua Bay, a white obelisk 27 feet tall looms over the shoreline. It's ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A pistol owned by British explorer Captain James Cook, who first claimed Australia for Britain nearly two and half centuries ago, sold on Thursday for A$219,600 (146,375 pounds), ...

Hampton Sides will discuss and sign “The Wide Wide Sea” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 9, at Collected Works, 202 Galisteo St. in Santa Fe. At 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, Sides will be at the Main ...

His name is synonymous with Whitby and he became a household name after embarking on voyages to New Zealand, Australia and ...

James Cook is considered one of the greatest navigators and explorers of all time. A British naval captain, navigator, and ...