Captain Cook is generally acknowledged as the first great European scientific explorer. Despite his ordinary roots, he r
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John Rickman, second lieutenant on one of the two ships commanded by James Cook on his last expedition, wrote this journ
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Cook's great voyages marked the end of an era in world history. As he sailed into Hawaii in January 1778 he made co
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For centuries before the arrival in Australia of Captain Cook and the so-called First Fleet in 1788, intrepid seafaring
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Discover fascinating facts about gravity, light, energy and black holes! What is electricity?What is inside of an atom?W
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The Pacific of the early eighteenth century was not a single ocean but a vast and varied waterscape, a place of baffling
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Frederick Wiseman is America’s foremost chronicler of public institutions. His films have focused on city, state, and lo
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