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 ...

Sides’s latest effort, “The Wide Wide Sea,” is a gripping account of Captain James ... When Cook sailed in seven years later on his second Pacific voyage, Mai requested passage, becoming ...

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.

Captain James Cook was the last explorer ... He will also get to taste all the ship’s alcohol. On his second voyage, Cook lent a hand in solving the greatest navigational puzzle of the age.