The medal will form part of a Whitby exhibition marking 300 years since Captain Cook's birth.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

CAPTAIN COOK’S ship, HMS Endeavour, which the adventurer used to explore Australia, has been identified after a 250 year long mystery. The vessel was the first European ship to reach Eastern Australia ...

Captain Cook was William Bligh's mentor, role model, and cautionary tale all at once. This is the story of how Cook's three voyages, his violence, his diseases, and his death in Hawaii, shaped ...

KEALAKEKUA BAY, HAWAII (HawaiiNewsNow) - The plaque marking the area where Captain James Cook met his end was installed once again Friday. The memorial has had some bad luck since its original ...

On October 27, 1728, James Cook was born in a small town in northern England. Apprenticed to a shipowner, he eventually joined the Royal Navy, and is remembered today as Captain Cook. In a series of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers have confirmed that the 18th-century British explorer Captain James Cook's lost ship found its final resting place in ...

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.