print email comment close Captain Cook in Hawaii URL: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/lessons/lesson41.htm Description: This history lesson provides background about the killing of Captain James Cook in Hawaii in 1779. "In January 1778 Cook and his crew became the first Europeans to visit Hawaii (which they called the Sandwich Islands)." Includes a glossary and links to related sites. From the National Archives in the U.K. Publisher: The National Archives LII Database Information: Record 23507 created by Maria Brandt on 03/12/2007 Last modification on 09/28/2009 Published: 03/14/2007   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/23507