![]() The bay of Waimea, in the month of January, 1778. Spread out in beauty before Lono, and the first anchor was dropped in The ship was seen coming up from the west and going north. He was called by the Hawaiians " O Lono," because they thought he was the god Lono, one of the chief gods of the ancient Hawaiians. The following account is almost entirely from the HawaiiansĬaptain Cook came to Waimea, Kauai. The historian must remember that there were thousands of nativeĮye-witnesses whose records cannot be overlooked in securing a true The surgeon on Captain Cook's boat kept a diary which has recently been published. Ledyard, an American petty officer on one of Captain Cook's ships, wrote a story published in America. Wrote the account given in "Cook's Voyages." To and death of Captain Cook in the Hawaiian Islands. ![]() There are four different sources of information concerning the coming The Hawaiians have always called themselves "Ka poe The name used for centuries, could not be supplanted by an Englishĭiscoverer. This name has never been accepted among the Hawaiians. Of Lord Sandwich, the patron of the expedition. He named the group "The Sandwich Islands," in honour On January 18, 1778, he discovered Oahu and later Kauai, of the ![]() He recognised the close relationship in language and features,īetween inhabitants of many of these island worlds. During the year 1777 he felt his way from island group to island Possible, a sea passage from the Pacific Ocean to Hudson's or Baffin'sīay. Use and then to pass along the northwest coast of America to find, if Purpose of restoring some natives of the Society Islands to their home Įxamining islands of the Pacific for good harbours for future English Left England to enter upon his third voyage in July, 1776, with the IN response to an appeal from the British Admiralty, Captain Cook If they want a glimpse back into life two centuries ago, to seek these old Yet Cook is valuable to Hawaiian people today Of deterioration of Hawaiian traditions in recent decades cannot solely beĪssigned to James Cook, though there is no doubt that he did contribute. The people of Hawaii have treated CaptainĬook as a sort of scapegoat and may not acknowledge Cook's contribution to the Questioning government and economic decisions today. American influence, in addition, has also hadĪnd a cheapening of Hawaiian culture have resulted from the attempt of creatingīlame to factors whose effects have laid the basis for Hawaii today would be Man to have united the islands under one kingdom. Rest of the world and as a result, foreign goods and capital flowed into King Kamehameha I opened up trade with the Perhaps this focus on Cook, this use of him as a myth, is a way toĭivert the focus - whether intentionally or unconsciously - from other factorsĮqually or more detrimental to Hawaiian culture. In preventing scurvy are often ignored in light of the disease and weakening of Negative and one-sided Cook's role as an important navigator and his efforts James Cook as the catalyst that began the stream of outside influence to the Many people of Hawaii today assign blame to Influence as negative, Cook as the injector of disease into the primitive, Retaining Hawaiian culture in past decades, many have come to view Western With growing awareness of the importance of Take pride in diversity and celebrate old Hawaiian tradition. Vulnerable Hawaiian people, dilute old traditions, and destroy indigenousĪcceptance into the union as the 50th State of America in 1959,Ĭommercialization, together with tourism, made the Hawaiian Islands recognizedĬulturally diverse and ideologically accepting, its culture a unique blend of And these changes would bring diseases to the The world now knew about Hawaii and established trading ties Ĭhristianity was soon manifested upon the native people and old traditions toįorm of enterprise and schooling was implemented. Lono, he brought with him Western ideology and practices that would foreverĬhange the Hawaiian culture and way of living. ![]() Stepping on the island of Oahu and upon being received by natives as their god Captain James Cook was the first European
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