Known and unknown: Great travellers of the Pacific
Monday, November 7, 2011 - 09:30
in Astronomy & Space
When a well-known travel magazine set out to identify the top ten travellers of all time, the names it came up with held few surprises. Top of its list, which encompassed Charles Darwin and Christopher Columbus, was Captain James Cook, the legendary British explorer. Cooks voyages were extraordinary in their scope and ambition, but he was not the only person to have travelled widely in the Pacific.