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,
Five Visions of Captain Cook Five Visions of Captain Cook "Five Visions of Captain Cook" (1931) is a poem by Australian poet Kenneth Slessor. It was originally published in the author's collection "Trio : A Book of Poems", and later appeared in numerous poetry anthologies. The poem "builds the character of Captain James Cook from the reactions of those who sailed with him on his three major voyages." In the essay "Kenneth Slessor : An Essay in Interpretation" (1997) A. K. Thompson noted: "The more carefully we read Cook's Journals the more impressive and convincing Slessor's reconstruction becomes and also the more unlikely it appears