Captain Cook introduced goats to Hawaii in 1778, which then proliferated rapidly. These animals severely damaged native plants and altered island landscapes over time. Centuries of hunting proved ...

Beneath the sprawling, gnarled branches of a kiawe tree in Hawaii's pristine Kealakekua Bay, an X lies carved into an otherwise unassuming rock face. But there's no buried treasure to be found here.

Researchers may have found the remains of a centuries-old ship, which was once commanded by British explorer Captain James Cook. The Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project says the HMS Endeavour may ...

"This new encyclopaedia aims to provide answers on all aspects of the life and voyages of Captain James Cook, and the people, places, events and ships associated with the great explorer. Researched ...

Why did a tranquil island in the Pacific Ocean suddenly become the scene for the brutal killing of English explorer Capt. James Cook on a February day in 1779? Cook, after all, was known as a ...

"To accompany the exhibition 'Captain James Cook, navigator'."-- Pref., p. 7.

Capt. James Cook was the first recorded Western contact of the Hawaiian Islands. “The Death of Captain James Cook” depicts the explorer’s fatal standoff with Native Hawaiians at Kealakekua Bay on ...