Captain James Cook was the last explorer active during the age of sailing; he charted one third of the globe. It is thought that his travels brought significant advancements in navigation ...

The future of the Captain Cook Birthplace Museum has again been discussed, as plans for “the exploration of a new museum with external partners” were approved. The potential new museum would ...

However, it comes against the backlash of scrutiny against Captain Cook's methods of exploration in the 1700s, with many divided over whether he should be remembered as a heroic explorer who ...

250 years after Captain James Cook began his epic exploration of the Pacific, Sam Neill journeys in his wake uncovering stories that resonate from those times on both sides of the beach. Watch all ...