Haleaka Iolani Pule described a conversation she once had with her grandmother about the 18th century "discovery" of the Hawaiian Islands by Captain James Cook — which was, by all accounts ...

January 18: On his third and final voyage to the Pacific Ocean, British explorer Captain James Cook is the first European ... of contact with Europeans, the Hawaiian population has been devastated ...

Captain Cook, Public Arcives of Canada Towards the end of his journeys, just after his discovery of the Hawaiian Islands, he headed towards North America's uncharted Northwest Coast. There was ...

there were no known land mammals — not until Captain James Cook and his crew loaded pigs onboard their ships, along with plants such as coconut palms and taro. But Hawaiians worshipped a demigod ...