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 ... the Hawaiian population has been ...

Isolation and limited external influence: The Hawaiian Islands were relatively isolated from the rest of the world. European and Asian contact with Hawaiʻi began with Captain James Cook’s ...

James Cook in Canada: A People's History ... just after his discovery of the Hawaiian Islands, he headed towards North America's uncharted Northwest Coast. There was still hope that there might ...

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