On February 14, 1779, Captain James Cook met his dramatic end in Kealakekua Bay. While the West framed him as a tragic hero, the paintings of his death tell a different story—one of colonial mythmaking rather than historical reality.
On February 14, 1779, Captain James Cook met his dramatic end in Kealakekua Bay. While the West framed him as a tragic hero, the paintings of his death tell a different story—one of colonial mythmaking rather than historical reality.