Captain Cook, Hawaii Captain Cook, Hawaii Captain Cook is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaii County, Hawaii, in the United States, located in the District of South Kona. The community, within the land division of Kealakekua, is so named because the post office for the area was located in the Captain Cook Coffee Co. during the early 1900s. As of the 2010 census the CDP population was 3,429, up from 3,206 at the 2000 census. Captain Cook is located on the west side of the island of Hawaii at (19.498211, -155.904275). It is bordered to the north by Kealakekua and to the south
The Death of Captain James Cook (Zoffany) Uffizi". Zoffany stayed seven years and the resulting painting was not well received. Zoffany had to leave the country and he never again got a royal commission. He had hoped to sail with Captain Cook, but as a second choice he elected to make the long journey to Lucknow where he painted the life in colonial India. Whilst Zoffany was in India he worked with William Hodges. The construction of this painting is said to be based on a sketch by Hodges. Zoffany went to see a play at Covent Garden concerning the death of Captain Cook who had been