Globe to Cook at Oplunohu Bay, Moorea, French Polynesia

Description: 
Concrete globe on which the three voyages of Captain Cook are traced.
The globe stands on a square concrete plinth.  It is sited near the point where Cook’s ship landed during the third voyage, at the head of Oplunohu Bay on Moorea Island.

History: 
Possibly erected in 1980. 
It is thought that this monument was placed here by a developer who was creating a new restaurant.

Inscription:
On the plinth:

CAPTAIN JAMES COOK
THREE VOYAGES OF EXPLORATION

FIRST VOYAGE                 1768-1771
SECOND VOYAGE            1772-1775
THIRD VOYAGE                 1776-1779

GPS Coordinates:   -17.503999,  -149.856002

Reference:
Cook’s Log, page 57, vol. 42, no. 4 (2019)
 


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