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In January 1778, the modern era was ushered in when British Captain James Cook and his men landed in Waimea, on the western shores of Kauai. Although they were searching for the mythical waterway called the Northwest Passage, the crew stumbled instead onto Paradise. Captain Cook named the newly... |
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discovered islands the "Sandwich Islands" in honor of John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich. For the native Hawaiians who thought Cook was Lono, the god of peace and fertility, life would never again be the same after Western contact. |
