Captain James Cook's pioneering journeys across the Pacific in the eighteenth century changed the course of science. They also provided us with a superb visual record of this period of exploration.

The statue of Captain James Cook was found covered in paint on Thursday ... the day in 1788 when Britain's First Fleet landed in Sydney Cove. Captain Cook had made it to Australia's east coast ...

While Josh Allen provided highlight-reel plays, it was running back James Cook ... speed. Cook finished the night with 14 carries for 107 yards and a touchdown, becoming the first Bills player ...

It is not the first time the Captain James Cook monument has been vandalised ... the anniversary of the 1788 landing of Britain's First Fleet at Sydney Cove and the start of the colonial era.