Captain Cook explored the Pacific in the HMS Endeavor, but by the time it was lost not a decade later it had been retired by the Royal Navy, sold off, and turned into a prison ship. Renamed the Lord ...
His name is synonymous with Whitby and he became a household name after embarking on voyages to New Zealand, Australia and North America in the 1700s. Captain James Cook and his journeys will be the ...
On Valentine’s Day, 1779, Captain James Cook invited Hawaii’s King Kalani‘ōpu‘u to visit his ship, the Resolution. Cook and the King were on friendly terms, but, on this particular day, Cook planned ...