**TODAY ONLY**

January 18

Captain Cook Visits Hawaiian Islands
On this day in 1778, explorer Captain James Cook visited the Hawaiian Islands, on his ship ~ The Discovery. Cook called the islands the Sandwich Islands, after the Earl of Sandwich. Captain James Cook, 1728-1779, English explorer. Welcome... or Not. On his first visit, Cook was well received by the natives. When he returned a year later, he was killed after an argument with the native leaders. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Link for More. Captain Cook. A Brief Bio. Views of Hawaii from Captain Cook's Voyages. Hawaii Then & Now. Paintings from the Journey.	Ancient Hawaii. Hawaiians came from other islands in the Pacific. They packed up their families, livestock, seed stock, tools, food and fresh water. Then, on double-hulled sailing vessels, they sailed across 4,000 miles of open ocean with only the stars to guide them. They apparently did this en masse at least twice, and made regular trips back and forth during the years between the two waves of settlement. Life on the Islands. Hawaiians had a complex culture, a rich language and a passion for genealogy, which they described in religious and historical chants. Much of our knowledge of Hawaii comes from transcriptions of those chants. Give Us This Day Our Daily Fish. The Hawaiians eventually gave up the cross-ocean voyages, but they still crossed the waters between the islands. They were fishermen and farmers. Nobles Kings and Priests... Each inhabited island was ruled by its own king. Laws and religion were overseen by *ali'i* ~ chiefs ~ and *kahuna* ~ priests. *Kapu* ~ a system of rules and regulations ~ controlled the interactions among the people.	Cook's Discovery. 1000-1500 Years Later... Along came Captain James Cook, an explorer who had: sailed to Canada and up the St. Lawrence River led a number of surveying missions on the coast of Labrador, Newfoundland, and Nova Scotia led a voyage to Tahiti to establish an astronomical observatory arrived in the Terra Australis Incognita, the "unknown land in the south," now known as Australia One Last Voyage. In 1776, Cook set off on his last voyage, on which he discovered Christmas Island and the Hawaiian Islands. Sailing, Sailing. From Hawaii, Cook sailed to Vancouver, through the Bering Strait, and into the Arctic Ocean in search of a Northern Passage,. He was unsuccessful. One More Time. In 1779, Cook returned to Hawaii, where he was killed by islanders. Word On the Street. After Cook's first visit, word got out. Ships sailing the route between the Americas and China began to stop by the islands with increasing regularity. And the Ships Brought...? Diseases, forged metals, and modern weaponry, all of which contributed to the end of the Hawaiian paradise.

TODAY ONLY

January 18

Captain Cook Visits Hawaiian Islands

On this day in 1778, explorer Captain James Cook visited the Hawaiian Islands, on his ship ~ The Discovery. Cook called the islands the Sandwich Islands, after the Earl of Sandwich.

Captain James Cook, 1728-1779, English explorer.

Welcome... or Not. On his first visit, Cook was well received by the natives. When he returned a year later, he was killed after an argument with the native leaders.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Link for More.

Captain Cook. A Brief Bio.

Views of Hawaii from Captain Cook's Voyages.

Hawaii Then & Now.

Paintings from the Journey.

Ancient Hawaii. Hawaiians came from other islands in the Pacific. They packed up their families, livestock, seed stock, tools, food and fresh water. Then, on double-hulled sailing vessels, they sailed across 4,000 miles of open ocean with only the stars to guide them. They apparently did this en masse at least twice, and made regular trips back and forth during the years between the two waves of settlement.

Life on the Islands. Hawaiians had a complex culture, a rich language and a passion for genealogy, which they described in religious and historical chants. Much of our knowledge of Hawaii comes from transcriptions of those chants.

Give Us This Day Our Daily Fish. The Hawaiians eventually gave up the cross-ocean voyages, but they still crossed the waters between the islands. They were fishermen and farmers.

Nobles Kings and Priests... Each inhabited island was ruled by its own king. Laws and religion were overseen by ali'i ~ chiefs ~ and kahuna ~ priests. Kapu ~ a system of rules and regulations ~ controlled the interactions among the people.

Cook's Discovery.

1000-1500 Years Later... Along came Captain James Cook, an explorer who had:

sailed to Canada and up the St. Lawrence River
led a number of surveying missions on the coast of Labrador, Newfoundland, and Nova Scotia
led a voyage to Tahiti to establish an astronomical observatory
arrived in the Terra Australis Incognita, the "unknown land in the south," now known as Australia

One Last Voyage. In 1776, Cook set off on his last voyage, on which he discovered Christmas Island and the Hawaiian Islands.

Sailing, Sailing. From Hawaii, Cook sailed to Vancouver, through the Bering Strait, and into the Arctic Ocean in search of a Northern Passage,. He was unsuccessful.

One More Time. In 1779, Cook returned to Hawaii, where he was killed by islanders.

Word On the Street. After Cook's first visit, word got out. Ships sailing the route between the Americas and China began to stop by the islands with increasing regularity.

And the Ships Brought...? Diseases, forged metals, and modern weaponry, all of which contributed to the end of the Hawaiian paradise.