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 ...

English explorer Captain James Cook (1728 - 1779) proclaims New South Wales a British possession, shortly after his landing at Botany Bay. His ship, the Endeavour can be seen in the background.

When HMS Resolution and HMS Adventure set sail from Plymouth, England, in 1772, the ships were stocked for a long and grueling journey into the unknown. Provisions included 60,000 tons of biscuit, ...

Native boats gather around the Resolution and Discovery in Alaska’s glacier-rimmed Prince William Sound. (Engraving, after Webber’s sketch, published in 1784 in A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Author’s ...

James Cook is considered one of the greatest navigators and explorers of all time. A British naval captain, navigator, and explorer, Cook famously charted New Zealand in 1770 and later made landfall ...

There has been some big changes and new exhibitions to the museum ...