The HM Endeavour was a British Royal Navy research vessel that Lieutenant James Cook commanded to Tahiti, New Zealand and Australia on his first voyage of discovery from 1768 to 1771. This could ...

We put the natural world under a microscope and answer some curly questions about meteors, rogue waves and more.See all 20 stories. It’s 1768, and James Cook’s ship Endeavour sails into the ...

as the authorities had enjoined Captain James Cook to do in Australasia in 1768 and as they sought to do in Gambia in 1784 and Nootka Sound in 1790. So why did not Phillip negotiate the settlement ...

When European explorers first began sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, they were searching for new routes to China and the ...

Kīwa settled in Tūranganui-a Kīwa/Poverty Bay, while Māia built Puhi Kai Iti at Kaiti Beach. In 1768, James Cook set sail from England to observe the transit of Venus in Tahiti and find ‘Terra ...

Low Stakesby House was built circa 1768 by shipowner Thomas Scarth for his brother, Jonathan. The Chapman family, who had ties to Captain James Cook, followed for much of the 1800s, while in the 1900s ...

But the village has a rich history and many mysterious and macabre stories to tell as reporter and Onchan resident James Campbell finds out ... Palmer was convicted of poisoning his friend John Cook ...

Sir Joseph Banks, who had accompanied Captain Cook on HMS Endeavour’s voyage to the South Pacific (1768-1771), was appointed as an informal ... Allan Cunningham and James Bowie. Their love of plants ...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Buffalo Bills running back James Cook is set to return to the field against the Tennessee Titans after missing last week's win over the New York Jets with a toe injury.

The Bills got a big performance from running back Ray Davis in their Week 6 win over the New York Jets, but they will welcome James Cook back to the lineup. Cook missed the win over the Jets with ...