When Lieutenant James Cook and the crew of HMB Endeavour stepped ashore in Botany Bay in April 1770 – during their ...

James Cook in ... heroes greater then Cook. He seemed to have conquered the world with his explorations of Eastern Canada, Antarctica, Polynesia, New Zealand, Australia, and the Sandwich Islands.

A statue of Captain James Cook in Sydney’s eastern suburbs has been splashed with red paint and its hand removed days before Australians celebrate their controversial “Australia Day” on Sunday. New ...