The controversial legacy of Captain James Cook 06:18. On the Big Island of Hawaii, where the waves roll into Kealakekua Bay, a white obelisk 27 feet tall looms over the shoreline.

“I never before met with the natives of any place so much astonished, as these people were, upon entering a ship,” wrote Captain James Cook upon first landing in what he called the Sandwich ...

“Captain James Cook was arguably Britain’s greatest navigator, ... while also deconstructing the complex circumstances that led to Cook’s dramatic death in Hawaii on 14 February 1779. ...

In Hampton Sides' telling, this explorer's final mission, ending with his death on the shores of Hawaii's Big Island, has room for both condemnation and celebration.

Captain Cook’s widow, Elizabeth Batts Cook, lived for 56 years after his death. WHEN Captain Cook was killed in Hawaii in 1779 the nation mourned, particularly his wife, who lived for another 56 ...