The story of Capt. James Cook’s third voyage has all the elements ... embroiled in war with its American colonies. His two ships, the Resolution and the Discovery, did not just maneuver around ...

Should they encounter the British captain James Cook, Franklin wrote ... who captained the Discovery, the sister ship to the Resolution. Between them, the two vessels carried about 180 men ...

David Hemblen plays Capt. James Cook in Canada ... visit was from the renowned English navigator James Cook, who anchored at Ship Cove (now Resolution Cove on Vancouver Island) for a month ...

LONDON (AP) — The captain of a cargo ship that collided with a U.S. tanker is a Russian national who remains in U.K. police custody, the vessel’s owner said Wednesday, as it emerged that the ...

Halcyon leucocephala, grey-headed kingfisher. Annotated watercolour painting by Georg Forster, made during James Cook’s second voyage to explore the southern seas, 1772-75. Captain James Cook's ...