Touring New Zealand, which Cook sailed to in 1769, Horwitz is invited by a group of Maori, the native islanders, to a discussion on the proposed wording for a new statue that Cook buffs are backing.

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. It's a tribute to 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 ...

CAPTAIN COOK’S ship, HMS Endeavour, which the adventurer used to explore Australia, has been identified after a 250 year long mystery. The vessel was the first European ship to reach Eastern … ...

Nonfiction What Happened When Captain Cook Went Crazy In “The Wide Wide Sea,” Hampton Sides offers a fuller picture of the British explorer’s final voyage to the Pacific islands.