Cook Landing Site (Waimea, Hawai'i)
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| Cook Landing Site | |
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| (U.S. National Historic Landmark) | |
| Location: | 2 mi. SW of HI 50, Waimea, Hawaii |
| Built/Founded: | 1778 |
| Added to NRHP: | October 15, 1966[1] |
| NRHP Reference#: | 66000298 |
| Governing body: | State |
Cook Landing Site in Waimea on Kauaʻi, is where Captain James Cook landed at the mouth of the Waimea River on January 20, 1778. Cook is the first European known to have sighted the Hawaiian Islands, and the January 20 landfall in southwestern Kauaʻi was his first arrival upon Hawaiian soil.
[edit] References
- ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
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