English Captain James Cook landed at Possession Bay in South Georgia Island. While his vessel HMS Resolution sat at anchor in ...

New Zealand's Whakaari/White Island, a continuously active volcano, was recently photographed by Landsat 9 during a phase of ...

1 JAMES (Doubleday, $28). By Percival Everett. A reimagining of “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” told from the point of view ...

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“It just has more carvings and big oak beams.” The HMS Endeavour, which British explorer Captain James Cook sailed on his ...

During my last several years as the Gazette’s arts and features writer, I compiled a list of my favorite books of the year ...

How many planets are there? As with the discovery of Uranus, the answer depends on who you ask. Detail from Joseph Wright of ...

The Victorians loved biscuits, especially when they were served hot at the table. Also known as biscuit warmers, some were ...

Two decades later the English established their first permanent beachhead in the Americas, a hundred miles to the north on the James River ... their descendants. When explorer John Lawson visited ...

ESPN NFL analyst Dan Orlovsky is well-regarded for his knowledge of football's intricacies. This week, he joined One Bills ...