January 18: On his third and final voyage to the Pacific Ocean, British explorer Captain James Cook is the first European to visit the Hawai'ian Islands. He is welcomed by the islanders ...

Get Hawaii’s latest morning news delivered ... European and Asian contact with Hawaiʻi began with Captain James Cook’s arrival in 1778, two years after the American Declaration of Independence.

Nothing feeds our sense of wonder quite like stories of exploration. Whether they are cocksure astronauts or stoic arctic ...

You can also visit via an organized tour. Several of the best Hawaii tours feature a stop at the Captain Cook Monument on their snorkeling excursions. Captain Cook Snorkel On A Power Catamaran ...

The first encounters between the native peoples of Canada and the Europeans took place on the East Coast, and it wasn't until many years later that natives on the West Coast began meeting the ...

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/island-murder-racial-attitudes-territorial-hawaii/ Hawaiian flag being lowered from staff atop Iolani Palace in ...

Lush rainforest and land transformed for millions of years by volcanic activity, all spread across 520 square miles of protected space. Welcome to Hawaii’s Volcanoes National Park!

It was first documented by European explorers during Captain James Cook’s first voyage on the ... World War II brought the first big surf boom. Hawaii would serve as the epicenter.

The statue of Captain James Cook was found covered in paint on Thursday A statue of British explorer Captain James Cook has been vandalised in Melbourne in an apparent protest on the eve of ...

The Legacy of Captain Cook' compares Cook's death on Hawaii with the later killing of a missionary on Eromanga, examines fluctuations in Cook's reputation, and describes life on board the replica of ...