A medal marking Captain James Cook's second voyage of discovery in 1772 has sold for £6,500 at auction. Captain Cook was sent as far south as possible to determine if there was any great southern ...

Ahead of Captain Cook's voyage to Antarctica, 2,000 brass medals were minted to hand out to local inhabitants. One is coming to auction.

A medal from Captain James Cook's second voyage of discovery is due to be auctioned and could fetch up to £3,000.

A rare Captain Cook medal is set to be auctioned off in Wiltshire. The brass medal, one of only 2,000 made in 1772, is expected to fetch at least £2,000 at RWB Auctions in Royal Wootton Bassett.

The quick-service restaurant at Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort is named for an explorer whose legacy many Indigenous communities see as violent and destructive.

The final resting place of Captain Cook's Endeavour, the legendary ship that first brought the British to Australia, has been identified after 250 years.

Elizabeth Kolbert reviews “The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook,” a new biography by Hampton Sides.

Almost sixty years after his death, Captain Hugh Nelson Jr. was awarded a Medal of Honor due to his heroic actions during the Vietnam War.

A rare coin dating from the reign of King George III is set to be sold at auction and is expected to go for at least £2,000. The coin was originally a medal from Captain Cook’s second voyage of ...

A rare Captain Cook medal is set to be auctioned off in Wiltshire. The brass medal, one of only 2,000 made in 1772, is expected to fetch at least £2,000 at RWB Auctions in Royal Wootton Bassett. It ...