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Captain James Cook: Life and legacy of Yorkshire naval officer who travelled to North America, New Zealand and Australia in the 18th century according to historians
Captain James Cook and his journeys will be the focal point in a Channel 5 episode of James May’s Great Explorers on Thursday night (February 27) at 9pm. The former Top Gear presenter will also ...
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The Cook Voyages - HMS Endeavour, HMS Resolution and HMS Discovery
Captain James Cook's pioneering journeys across the Pacific in the eighteenth ... were donated to the British Museum in 1827 as part of the Banksian collection. A number of the images in the Cook ...
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Captain Cook statue disfigured and painted red in Sydney ahead of Australia Day
A statue of British explorer Captain James Cook in a suburb of Sydney has been vandalised ahead of Australia Day, the second such incident in as many years. New South Wales Police said they were ...
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Captain Cook statue in Sydney's Randwick splashed with red paint ahead of Australia Day
A statue of Captain James Cook in Sydney's east has been vandalised for the second time in 12 months. NSW Police said officers were investigating after it was splashed with red paint and some of ...
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Captain Cook statue vandalised in Fitzroy Gardens, East Melbourne
Picture: NewsWire/ David Crosling A Victoria ... The cottage was built in 1755 by the parents of Captain James Cook, while the statue was unveiled in 1974 and later donated to Fitzroy Gardens.
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Captain Cook cottage and statue vandalised for a second time in Fitzroy Gardens in Melbourne
A statue of Captain Cook and his family's 18th century home have been vandalised in Fitzroy Gardens, in Melbourne's CBD. It follows a string of attacks targeting colonial figures, including a ...