James Cook
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Captain James Cook was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer, and cartographer who led three voyages of exploration to the Pacific and Southern Oceans between 1768 and 1779. He completed the first re
Portrait of James Cook c. 1775
This drawing of a Māori warrior by Endeavour artist Sydney Parkinson was published in his posthumous book about the first voyage.
Cook's first landing in Australia, at Botany Bay, was opposed by the Gweagal people.
HMS Resolution and Adventure retrieved ice to melt for drinking water. Watercolour by expedition artist William Hodges, 1773.
Kealakekua Bay
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Kealakekua Bay is located on the Kona coast of the island of Hawaiʻi about 12 miles south of Kailua-Kona. Settled over a thousand years ago, the surrounding area contains many archeological and histor
James Cook
…stopping first in Maui. The ships sailed around the eastern portion of the archipelago for seven weeks, surveying and trading. Cook made landfall at Kealakekua Bay on Hawaiʻi Island – the largest island in the archipelago – where the ships were met by 10,000 Hawaiians and 1,000 canoes. On Hawaiʻi Island, Cook met…
Kealakekua Bay in the morning
Kaʻawaloa in 1779 by John Webber, artist aboard Cook's ship
An illustration of the Hikiau heiau at Kealakekua Bay, by William Ellis
Priests traveling across the bay for first contact rituals, by John Webber