Captain Cook - revered by many as the man who ‘‘discovered’’ Australia - may be muscled off a Sydney municipality’s logo by a dolphin because he is deemed dated and offensive to Aborigines.

The sweeping six-part documentary series The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook features Sam Neill as he retraces the route taken 250 years ago, across the Southwest Pacific.

On Valentine’s Day, 1779, Captain James Cook invited Hawaii’s King Kalani‘ōpu‘u to visit his ship, the Resolution. Cook and the King were on friendly terms, but, on this particular day ...