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,
Captain Cook (1826 ship) Portsmouth, England on 5 May 1833 with 230 male convicts. She arrived in Sydney on 26 August 1833 and had four convict deaths en route. On the third convict voyage, under the command of George Brown and surgeon Arthur Savage, she departed Cork, Ireland on 5 July 1836 with 229 male convicts. She arrived in Sydney on 13 November 1836 and had one convict death en route. Captain Cook (1826 ship) Captain Cook was a 452-ton merchant ship built at Whitby, England in 1826. She made three voyages transporting convicts from Ireland and England to Australia. On her first convict