On Dec. 29, 1777, Captain James Cook observed an annular solar eclipse. Captain Cook was a British explorer who sailed ...

SYDNEY >> A statue in Sydney of British explorer James Cook, captain of the first Western ship to reach the east coast of Australia, was sprayed with red paint and damaged two days before Australia’s ...

A statue in Sydney of British explorer James Cook, captain of the first Western ship to reach the east coast of Australia, was sprayed with red paint and damaged two days before Australia’s national ...

Australia’s bushfire summer and the coronavirus pandemic have put paid to many events planned to celebrate 250 years since Captain James Cook’s arrival, but others are going online. 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. It's a tribute to the great circumnavigator Captain James Cook. It stands ...

SYDNEY—Historians have long puzzled over the whereabouts of a ship sailed by an explorer who is credited with mapping Australia’s east coast and claiming the territory for Britain. An Australian ...

After researchers in Australia reported finding the wreck of the Endeavour off Rhode Island, their U.S. partners issued a startling rebuke. By Manan Luthra SYDNEY, Australia — When the British ...