When Captain James Cook Landed on Hawai'i

The Age of Discovery by Charles Kovacs doesn't include anything at all about Captain James Cook (1728-1779), most likely because it didn't seem like it would be particularly important to Scottish students. However, American students, who are ultimately going to run into Hawai'i becoming the 50th state, do need to have its "discovery" mentioned in the Age of Exploration.

So I am collecting resources to have on hand for later. I'm particularly interested in possibly using this as an opportunity to work more with primary sources, since Cook was known for his detailed notetaking. However, we will definitely need to use some SHEG materials first, so students know to be aware of some of the problems (like bias) that arise with primary sources.

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Captain James Cook
(1728-1779)

died February 14, 1779

first sighted O'ahu and Kaua'i on January 18, 1778
came ashore January 20, 1778

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James Cook
The Mariners' Museum and Park

Cook Landing Site, HI
National Park Service

JOURNAL OF CAPTAIN COOK's LAST VOYAGE, TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN, ON DISCOVERY: PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, AND 1780
University of Michigan, Eighteenth Century Collections Online
this journal was not kept by Cook but by someone else on the ship

page 195 - first visit to Hawai'i (the Sandwich Islands)
Jan 1778

page 283 - second visit to Hawai'i
Jan 1779

page 304 - death of Cook
Feb 1779

Cook’s Journal entry for November 26 – 30, 1778 (PDF)
second visit to Hawai'i

The Three Voyages of Captain Cook Round the World, Vol. VII
Being the Third of the Third Voyage
Project Gutenberg
third visit to Hawai'i

Captain Cook in Hawai'i: What happened on his final voyage?
lesson plan - The National Archives

Captain Cook
assessment - Stanford History Education Group (Beyond the Bubble)

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