IN MEMORY OF
THE GREAT CIRCUMNAVIGATOR,
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK, R. N.,
WHO
DISCOVERED THESE ISLANDS
ON THE 10TH OF JANUARY, A.D. 1770,
AND FELL NEAR THIS SPOT
ON THE 14TH OF FEBRUARY, A.D. 1779.
THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED IN
NOVEMBER A.D. 1874
BY SOME OF
HIS FELLOW COUNTRYMEN
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