1778
Captain James Cook, painted by Nathaniel Dance in 1776.Image: Nathaniel Dance-Holland · Public domainworld · Oceania
Captain Cook sights Maui
Returning south from the Arctic on his third voyage, with HMS Resolution and HMS Discovery, James Cook sighted the high volcanic mountains of Maui on 26 November 1778, the first Europeans known to have seen the island. After trading off its coast he sailed on to Hawai’i Island, where he was killed in February 1779.
Source: Captain Cook Society: Third Pacific voyage, October to December 1778 ↗
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