Watercolour by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912) Detail from the Wilson notebook (p13) from the Terra Nova expedition Detail from the Wilson notebook (p33) from the Terra Nova expedition In 1772, Cook ...

In 1778 the explorer Captain James Cook was in the Pacific, on board 'HMS Resolution', looking for the North West Passage, hoping to find a sea-route over the north of Canada that would connect ...

English explorer captain James Cook aboard HMS Resolution named the Island 'Isle of Georgia' in honor of the then Monarch, King George III of Great Britain and Ireland. In the bay where Cook ...

The British explorer was on his second world voyage aboard HMS Resolution. Many had made sightings of the small island in the South Atlantic before him, but Cook and his men in January 1775 were ...