It's a series with a conscience, and a historical purpose - to retrace part of Cook's voyage of discovery.
The children had loved the show - especially the giant floating whale which roamed the stadium during Miranda's stormy voyage of discovery.
He also was behind "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, " where a one-eyed centaur battles a part-lion, part-eagle creature known as a griffin.
And the film sets a fair wind for "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, " coming to a theater near you in 2010.
What was once a voyage of under 20km across the Strait of Gibraltar can now be more than 1, 000km from ports in Senegal.
This survey opened with a sight of the Vasco da Gama bridge, built to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the explorer's famous voyage of discovery.
When they turn together and head out the door to a waiting plane, we see their faces, smiling and hopeful, as if they were embarking on a great voyage of discovery.
He was referring to "The Voyage of Life, " a series of allegorical paintings about childhood, youth, manhood and old age, a set of which resides at the National Gallery in Washington.
In the meantime Captain Cook had embarked on his second voyage of discovery with a copy of H4, which he referred to as "our faithful guide through all the vicissitudes of climates".
We chatted about his taking the helm of the Enterprise NX-01 and launching his own voyage of discovery about the world of Star Trek, science fictions fans and his own creative work in the process.
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Directed by Bruno Aveillan, the three-and-a-half minute homage follows the epic voyage of an emerald-eyed panther, muse and figurehead of the House of Cartier. (Fun fact: the video employed real panthers who had never seen snow before).
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Conceived as a capsule for the imaginary voyage of moviegoing, the theater has a wraparound ceiling and walls made of 1, 136 fabric panels in a sensuous, vibrant Yves Klein blue, altering the viewer's depth perception and encouraging a sensation of being suspended in the space.
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As well as explaining the underlying physiology, she makes several detours into the history of science, recounting such breakthroughs as the invention of the thermometer and the voyage of the first submarine, which was built around 1620 and cruised down the Thames from Westminster to Greenwich.
What started out as perhaps more out of a spirit of defiance demonstration has evolved into a widespread celebratory mood, embraced by a diverse range of artists, both emerging and established, who recall a more innocent time when the Saturday morning visit to the record store was a voyage of discovery.
Other texts appearing online for the first time include the first editions of the Journal Of Researches (1839), The Descent Of Man (1871), The Zoology Of The Voyage Of HMS Beagle (1838-43) and the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th editions of the Origin Of Species, the pivotal tome that elucidated his thoughts on evolution.
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"The extra layer of growth tells the story of their voyage to the bottom of the seabed, " he added.
Guests on the current voyage will receive a refund equivalent to three days of the voyage and 50 percent off a future cruise.
In the course of the voyage I couldn't resist asking him all sorts of pertinent questions, accompanied by opinions (to which, as you dear readers know, I'm a bit addicted).
But for the 40-year-old skipper, whose youth was spent wading through pages of adventure books, the voyage was also a fruition of boyhood aspirations.
Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon.com, is responsible for this voyage to the bottom of the sea, which recovered two huge F-1 engines.
From the 1560s until 1815, a fleet of Spanish galleons made an annual epic voyage from the Mexican port of Acapulco to Manila in the Philippines, carrying silver and supplies and returning with Chinese silks and porcelain that were snapped up by the wealthy in colonial Mexico and Peru.
The last impact of this first commercial voyage will probably have more historic significance of all Super Bowls combined.
Senior officials travelling with Mr Kerry said that the exchange with those leaders would not be burdened by perceptions of American decline, unlike during Hillary Clinton's maiden voyage to Asia as secretary of state in February 2009, in the midst of financial crisis.
Fortunate survivors of early voyage perils paid dearly, risked all, and endured much for opportunities.
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No one is quite sure when they last saw McDermott in the last 30 minutes of the voyage.
Constantin Delivanis has taken a fascinating voyage from his birthplace of Alexandria, Egypt to the heart of Silicon Valley.
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His ten-month voyage, a mix of grit and cheer, gives the lie to that, though he proved to be a prince among men.
Miller and the rest of the passengers will be flying home from Freeport because the company canceled the rest of the voyage Monday afternoon.
Winds had ripped sails aboard the vessel, even before the voyage enters the worst of the weather, crew members said in recent blog postings.
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