. The paradise of the Pacific: the Hawaiian Islands [electronic resource] . is great navigators previous voyages ofexploration in the then unknown Pacific Ocean,with the counsel and assistance of Lord Sandwichof the Admiralty, fitted him out for a third trip,placing under his command the two ships Resolu-tion and Discovery, He sailed from Plymouth,England, July 12, 1776, only eight days after thesigning of the Declaration of Independence bythe representatives of the thirteen colonies ofAmerica. Captain Cooks orders were to revisit the islandsof the southern seas, where he had twice wintered, t
. The paradise of the Pacific: the Hawaiian Islands [electronic resource] . is great navigators previous voyages ofexploration in the then unknown Pacific Ocean,with the counsel and assistance of Lord Sandwichof the Admiralty, fitted him out for a third trip,placing under his command the two ships Resolu-tion and Discovery, He sailed from Plymouth,England, July 12, 1776, only eight days after thesigning of the Declaration of Independence bythe representatives of the thirteen colonies ofAmerica. Captain Cooks orders were to revisit the islandsof the southern seas, where he had twice wintered, to disseminate and naturalise some of the usefulanimals of Europe in that remote region, and tofind a northern passage to the Atlantic cruised around in the Polynesian Archipelagofor a year and a half, leaving on the different islandsthose domestic animals which have proved of suchvalue to the inhabitants. Then he sailed fromthe Society Islands on his way to the north. On the eighteenth of January, 1778, he sightedthe island of Oahu, and, sailing along its south-. CAPTAIN COOK CAPTAIN COOKS DISCOVERY. 5 western coast, the next day he discovered theislands of Niihau and Kauai. The followingmorning, January 20th, he anchored at Waimea,on the shore of Kauai, a place noted in the tradi-tions of the natives as having been the battle-groundof ancient kings. As the vessels sailed up the coast, the inhabit-ants of the island began to appear in largegroups, alarmed and mystified over the arrival ofthe strange ships o In such numbers did thenatives rush to the waters edge, as the first boatstarted for the shore. Captain Cook ordered avolley of shot to be fired over their heads. Oneof the excited mob was killed, but, as the firingwas not continued, the natives received theirvisitors in a friendly manner. Presents wereexchanged, and the newcomers were highly pleasedwith what they saw. After staying on this island a few days, andlaying in a fresh stock of water and provision,the Eng
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