Going places
This island's name translates to "faraway heaven" in the Tahitian language.
What is Raiatea?
The goal of discovering this mythical land drove much of Cook's second voyage.
What is Terra Australis?
These items, acquired in Tonga, were highly valued by the Melanesian people.
What are red feathers?
The term "lone family" was used by Thomas to describe the social structure in this type of settlement, often associated with nomadic or isolated communities.
Was a native of Raiatea, an island now part of French Polynesia, who travelled from Tahiti to England with Captain James Cook.
Who is Omai?
Cook named this island "Savage Island" after a hostile reception.
What is Niue?
One of the major challenges Cook faced during his voyages was navigating these perilous and unpredictable water hazards.
What are ice floes or icebergs?
Cook encountered cannibalism at this island during his second voyage.
What is Erromanga?
The people of Rapa Nui primarily used this material to carve their iconic Moai statues.
This European explorer realized that ocean currents move in opposite directions, which helped shape navigational routes around the globe.
These islands in Vanuatu were visited during Cook's voyages.
What are Tanna and Malakula?
Cook was the first explorer to reach this significant geographical milestone during his second voyage.
Polynesians used this strategy to maintain social distance from Cook’s crew.
What is trading on the beach?
Rapa Nui's Moai statues were originally placed on this type of platform, which helped elevate them.
What are Ahu?
These two German scientists, a father and son duo, were part of Cook’s second voyage.
Who are Georg Forster and Johann Forster?
Cook gave the name "New Caledonia" to an island in the Pacific for this personal reason.
What is the Scottish heritage of Cook’s father?
This factor is believed to have contributed significantly to the depopulation of Easter Island (Rapa Nui).
What is an ecological crisis?
During his second voyage, Cook faced hostility at two locations, one known as "Savage Island" and another associated with cannibalism.
Niue and Erromanga?
This person is known for his work in the Hawaiian cultural revival and his involvement with the Hōkūleʻa, a traditional Polynesian voyaging canoe.
This artist accompanied Cook on his second voyage and captured many landscapes and encounters.
Who is William Hodges?
This group of islands was not called the "Friendly Islands" despite being portrayed romantically in art.
What are the Marquesas Islands?
Cook used this term to describe a level of society he considered to be more primitive than barbarism.
This event, which Cook learned about while at the Cape of Good Hope, involved a violent attack.
What is the Grass Cove Massacre?
In Cook’s voyages, European artists like Hodges often romanticized native women, depicting them in this form, which was popularized in the paintings of the time.
What is sensual imagery or exoticism?
Cook read this author’s account of his first voyage shortly after its publication.
What is Hawkesworth’s account?