When James Cook wanted to take the King of Hawaii a hostage, a conflict broke out. He was hit in the head ...
When James Cook wanted to take the King of Hawaii a hostage, a conflict broke out. He was hit in the head and then stabbed to death on a Hawaiian beach. On this day the famous English explorer James C ...
Captain James Cook discovered the Hawaiian Islands on this day. Interestingly, he originally named them t ...
Captain James Cook discovered the Hawaiian Islands on this day. Interestingly, he originally named them the “Sandwich Islands” – in honor of Cook’s sponsor at the time – the Earl of Sandwich (after wh ...