On the Big Island of Hawaii, where the waves roll into Kealakekua Bay, a white obelisk 27 feet tall looms over the shoreline. It's a tribute to the great circumnavigator Captain James Cook. It stands ...

This map is the earliest known map of Australia, It was thought to be lost but after a long journey, it made its way home Subscribe to Time Travels Here: <a ...

In “The Wide Wide Sea,” Hampton Sides offers a fuller picture of the British explorer’s final voyage to the Pacific islands. The English explorer James Cook, circa 1765.Credit...Stock Montage/Getty ...