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

They moved to the Natural History Museum when the British Museum's Department of Natural History relocated to the newly opened South Kensington Museum in 1881 In 1772, Cook captained the HMS ...

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 ...

It was commissioned by Sir Joseph Banks for Cook's second voyage to find the southern continent, Terra Australis. The ...

The new coin features the HMS Resolution, the ship that was captained by James Cook. The year 2020 marks the bicentenary of the reign of George III, Britain’s longest-reigning king. During his ...

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 ...

Indigenous activists say less than two hours after Captain Cook and his crew on the HMS Endeavour landed, they had committed atrocities, including murder. Britain's high commissioner met Maori ...

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.