It's a tribute to the great circumnavigator Captain James Cook ... Pacific Ocean on the map, creating detailed diagrams of the places he was the first European to discover, including New Zealand ...

The HMS Endeavour is one of the world’s most sought after shipwrecks, as it was captained by famous Captain James Cook. Captain Cook was known for his ‘voyage of discovery’ which took him ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A 16th century maritime map in a Los Angeles library vault ... Bay in 1522 -- almost 250 years before Captain James Cook. Australian author Peter Trickett said that when he ...

As the official story goes, “the Dutch never followed up Tasman’s discovery of New Zealand.” It was not until nearly 130 years later when British explorer James Cook set sail on the HMS ...

On August 26, 1768, explorer James Cook set off from England on the HMS Endeavour for a voyage of discovery to the great ... putting Botany Bay on the world map. Cook’s first Pacific voyage ...

sub_confirmation=1</a> The first map of Australia was charted by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman 130 years before Captain James Cook. It was thought to be lost for nearly 300 years! but after a long ...

The Australian National Maritime Museum said Thursday new discoveries allowed them to ... by British explorer and cartographer Captain James Cook. The Australian National Maritime Museum on ...