British explorer Captain James Cook was killed by locals in Hawaii. Marc Fennell unravels what Cook and his crew were said to ...

Captain Cook set sail from Plymouth to find an elusive trade route linking Europe to Asia in 1776. He never saw England again ...

Captain Cook's enduring claim to fame is that he redrew the map of the world in three extraordinary voyages over the Pacific, north and south. The news that reached London in 1780 of his death on a ...