Linguists estimate Easter Island's first inhabitants arrived around ... these walls are distinct in their Andean style. Even Captain Cook in 1774 noticed the quality of stonework in the supporting ...

How did the first inhabitants of Easter Island arrive? It is the most remote ... In 1768, as he sailed from Tahiti, Captain Cook had an additional passenger on board his ship, a Tahitian navigator ...

The Captain Cook Monument is a 27-foot obelisk that was erected in 1874 to memorialize where Cook died. He was killed in 1779 after a fight broke out between the Hawaiians and Westerners.

A medal marking Captain James Cook's second voyage of ... to people in more than 30 locations including Tahiti, Easter Island and New Zealand. Gareth Wasp, of RWB Auctions in Royal Wootton Bassett ...