Description:
Standing a few yards from the Cook Statue in the town.
On a memorial built of lava rock are two plaques, the top one illustrates Cook’s ships Resolution and Discovery, with a group of Hawai’ians looking on. The other has the inscription (see below).
History:
This monument was dedicated on August 16th 1928, as part of the Cook Sesquicentennial. The Kauai Historical Society formed a committee of prominent local citizens to undertake fundraising for the monument.
Inscription:
Below the plaque showing the Resolution and Discovery:
1778-1928
TO COMMEMORATE THE DISCOVERY OF
THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
BY
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK R.N
WHO MADE HIS FIRST LANDING
AT WAIMEA – ON THE ISLAND
OF KAUAI – JANUARY 20 1778
ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF KAUAI
GPS Coordinates: 21.954791, -159.666289
References:
Cook’s Log, page 11, vol.30, no.4 (2007)
Cook’s Log, page 14, vol.36, no.3 (2013)
Cook’s Log, page 5, vol.36, no.4 (2013)
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