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The canonized and vilified Capt. James Cook is ready for a reassessment
The story of Capt. James Cook’s third voyage has all the elements of a Greek tragedy — hubris, good intentions gone awry, fatal error. The English sea captain, an ...
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The Cook Voyages - HMS Endeavour, HMS Resolution and HMS Discovery
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 ...