A late departure, insufficient lifeboats and poorly loaded cargo plagued the final voyage of the Pacific ... joining the captain, second mate, cook and four other passengers.

An estimate made by an expert right after the incident put the ship 500 miles from Halifax and 70 miles south of the Grand ...

NSW Police said officers were investigating after a statue of Captain James Cook was splashed with red paint and had some of its sandstone damaged. The statue was vandalised in a similar way in ...

James Cook’s first voyage of exploration which saw him become ... Cook and his crew also faced huge challenges as a new exhibition at the Captain Cook Memorial Museum, in Whitby, reveals.

A Captain Cook statue was covered in red paint and smashed just two days before Australia Day celebrations are set to begin. The monument of the famed British explorer James Cook is located in ...

A Captain Cook statue in Sydney has been covered in red paint and damaged as tensions rise ahead of Australia Day on Sunday. The statue, which sits on Belmore Road in Randwick, had its hand ...

The vandals threw red paint, sprayed graffiti ... “Randwick City Council condemns this act of vandalism of the heritage Captain Cook statue,” he said. “Vandalism has no place in public ...

Residents in Randwick were exposed to a horrific sight of the statue on Friday morning which had been splashed with red paint overnight ... pristine statue of Captain Cook for a second year ...

Vandals damaged the statue's hand and face and covered it in red paint Australian police are investigating after a statue of Captain James Cook was covered in red paint and disfigured, ahead of ...

Police in Sydney are investigating after a statue of British explorer Captain James Cook was sprayed with red paint and damaged two days before Australia's national day. Police said several items ...

The damaged hand of the Captain Cook statue. Picture: Julian Andrews The red paint splattered onto the statue. Picture: Julian Andrews NSW Police confirmed they were investigating the incident and ...

Police are investigating after the Captain Cook statue in Sydney’s east was doused in red paint and disfigured for the second year in a row ahead of Australia Day. The statue in Randwick ...