![]() ![]() “Archipelago” is our spelling of the Italian “arcipelago”, a word that has Greek roots. Eventually, after a petition from the remaining crew, some of Cook’s remains were also returned for a formal burial at sea, adhering to British naval tradition. His body was dragged away by the islanders, and as an apparent sign of respect for the Captain, the natives processed his body according to funeral traditions associated with Hawaiian kings and elders. Relations between the Europeans and the islanders had been good but despite this a dispute developed and got out of control that resulted in Cook being struck on the head and stabbed to death. After one month of contact with the native Hawaiians, Cook departed from the islands but was forced to return to repair a broken mast. Cook continued his voyage, leaving Hawaii to explore the coast of what is now called Canada and Alaska, and returning to Hawaii the following year. He landed on Kauai and named the whole archipelago the Sandwich Islands, in honor of the fourth Earl of Sandwich who was in charge of the British Admiralty at the time. Cook was in command of HMS Resolution on his third voyage, and he and his crew became the first Europeans to visit the Hawaiian Islands, in 1778. ![]() ![]() The famed British explorer Captain James Cook made three voyages of discovery into the Pacific Ocean. The fruit has become very popular in recent years and its juice is a very fashionable addition to juice mixes and smoothies. Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Acrossġ5 Purple berry from Brazilian palms : ACAIĪçaí (pronounced “ass-aye-ee”) is a palm tree native to Central and South America. ![]()
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