Cook Landing Site (Waimea) that the land has actually grown since 1778 due to deposition of sediment, so the exact spot is unknown. A small plaque was erected by Kauai County in 1928 which maintains a small county park. The landing site is accessible via Lucy Wright Park. Across the river Russian Fort Elizabeth is preserved in a state park. Cook Landing Site (Waimea) The Cook Landing Site in Waimea on Kauai island in Hawaii, is where Captain James Cook landed at the mouth of the Waimea River on January 20, 1778. Cook was the first European reported to have sighted the Hawaiian Islands,
Coffee State (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) to Brussels to Java around 1900. From Java, further breeding resulted in the establishment of robusta plantations in many countries. In particular, the spread of the devastating coffee leaf rust ("Hemileia vastatrix"), to which "C. arabica" is vulnerable, hastened the uptake of the resistant robusta. "Hemileia vastatrix" is a fungal pathogen and results in light, rust-colored spots on the undersides of coffee plant leaves. "Hemileia vastatrix" grows exclusively on the leaves of coffee pants. Coffee leaf rust is found in virtually all countries that produce coffee. Mycena citricolor is another threat to