Captain cook hawaii death. The amazing life and strange death of captain cook. Captain james cook s 1779 attempted kidnapping of kalaniopuu the ruling chief of the island of hawaii and the decision to hold him in exchange for a stolen long boat lifeboat was the fatal error of cooks final voyage and ultimately led to his death. Greeted ritually as gods and presented with gifts and offerings cook and his men drew heavily from the resources of the area to provision their ships and left february 4 1779 amidst increasing tension between natives and crew members.
27 october 1728 marton yorkshire england died 14 february 1779 1779 02 14 aged 50 kealakekua bay hawaii cause of death stab wound nationality british education postgate school great ayton occupation explorer navigator cartographer title captain royal. Captain cook killed in hawaii on february 14 1779 captain james cook the great english explorer and navigator is murdered by natives of hawaii during his third visit to the pacific island group. During the violent exchange cook was struck on the head and stabbed to death in shallow waters off the shore.
The captain and his men. February 14 captain cook killed in hawaii on february 14 1779 captain james cook the great english explorer and navigator is killed by natives of hawaii during his third visit to the pacific. He died along with four other marines and 16 hawaiians although hundreds more may have been killed in ongoing skirmishes some involving the ships canons.
Almost a year later on jan. It was here that the great navigator captain james cook was killed on february 14 1779. He anchored his ships in the sheltered waters of kealakekua bay where the annual makahiki festival which honors the fertility god lono was in progress.
The death of captain cook. Captain cook killed captain cook and the crews of the discovery and resolution arrived at kealakekua bay in late 1778 at the start of the hawaiian harvest and tax paying season known as the makahiki. James cook returns to hawaii ft.
He may have been the first european to ever visit the island group. Negotiations with king kalaniopuu for the return of the cutter collapsed after a lesser hawaiian chief was shot to death and a mob of hawaiians descended on cooks party. Ken marino and jonah ray duration.
Crash course world history 27 duration. Cook and his crew had sailed through the hawaiian islands little more than a year earlier when they anchored off kauai to re provision his flagship resolution and a smaller vessel discovery.