A few weeks ago, the library of Cambridge’s Trinity College (home of the recently defaced Lord Balfour portrait) exhibited four Australian fishing spears. They are all that remain from a collection ...
"A lot of things started going wrong from the very beginning," historian Hampton Sides says of Cook's last voyage, which ended in the British explorer's violent death on the island of Hawaii in 1779.
Christopher Columbus didn’t discover the Americas, he bumped into them while searching for spices. He was hunting for a trade route to the Far East to find cinnamon, cloves and pepper, which were as ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dr Frances McIntosh, of English Heritage, with items from the 18th-century shell collection - Phil Wilkinson/English Heritage/PA ...
A medal marking Captain James Cook's second voyage of discovery in 1772 has sold for £6,500 at auction. Captain Cook was sent as far south as possible to determine if there was any great southern ...
A medal from Captain James Cook's second voyage of discovery is due to be auctioned and could fetch up to £3,000. The medal was commissioned by famous botanist Sir Joseph Banks and paid for by the ...
A 'globally important' shell collection rescued from a skip containing gems from Captain Cook’s third voyage will go on show from today in Northumberland, England, after they were believed to have ...
The end of the story is unexpected and sudden, coming about because of misunderstanding and mistake. Yet it was the right story to finish just as the new year was climbing into the sky. Now, firmly ...
There has never been a sailor who has equaled Capt. James Cook: Some may argue Vice Adm. William Bligh had better navigational skills or Christopher Columbus was more valiant. But for my money, no one ...
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