cook and deckhand Mike Bianchi, relief captain Brian Ackerman and the Western Flyer Foundation Chairman Tom Keffer. “I’ve been waiting my entire life for this voyage,” said Tate. “I’m ready to get ...

Series editor John Farren writes: In the late 18th century Captain James Cook led three great voyages of discovery which would push the borders of the British Empire to the ends of the earth.

After English Captain Cook was killed by Hawaiians at Kealakekua, Hawaii, on Feb. 14, 1779, Captain Clerke took command of ...

Halcyon leucocephala, grey-headed kingfisher. Annotated watercolour painting by Georg Forster, made during James Cook’s second voyage to explore the southern seas, 1772-75. Captain James Cook's ...