The Cook Islands are named after Captain James Cook, who visited the islands in 1773 and 1777, although Spanish navigator Alvaro de Mendaña was the first European to reach the …

Jan 15, 2025 · Spanish explorers visited several islands in the northern group in the late 1500s and early 1600s but did not stay. Capt. James Cook was the first European to call at most of …

After stopovers from Spanish explorers Alvaro de Mendana sighting Pukapuka in 1595, and Pedro Fernandez de Quiros sighting Rakahanga in 1606, Captain James Cook sighted Manuae in …

In January 1778, while en route to explore the Pacific coast of North America on his third voyage, Cook became the first known European to encounter the Hawaiian islands. He returned to …

He achieved the first recorded European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, and did the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand. Cook is …

Captain James Cook. When the great explorer James Cook made a voyage to South Pacific for possible land acquisition in 1773, he sighted Manuae, and in 1977 James Cook subsequently …

Dec 11, 2024 · In the late 18th century, the renowned British navigator James Cook conducted extensive surveys of the Cook Islands, mapping the archipelago and lending his name to the …

Dec 11, 2024 · However, it was not until the 18th century that the islands experienced sustained contact with European powers, with the arrival of British explorer James Cook, for whom the …

In 1773 and 1777, British navigator Captain James Cook arrived and named the islands the Hervey Islands. Later, on a Russian naval chart published in the 1820s the name “Cook …

Nov 6, 2019 · He had discovered or rediscovered almost every island group of importance in the South Seas and precisely charted them. He had lead crews of ordinary seamen through …