Series editor John Farren writes: In the late 18th century Captain James Cook led three great voyages of discovery ... he would add one third to the map of the known world. Vanessa Collingridge ...

Halcyon leucocephala, grey-headed kingfisher. Annotated watercolour painting by Georg Forster, made during James Cook’s second voyage to explore the southern seas, 1772-75. Captain James Cook's ...

Captain James Cook’s voyages in the South Pacific in the late ... ocean passage from Europe to Asia but instead, with the maps he created and his reports, Cook revealed the Pacific islands ...