What was Captain Cook killed with?

Answer 1

Captain Cook was speared by Hawaiian natives in Kealakekua Bay when he revisited the Hawaiian Islands (which he had named the Sandwich Islands) whilst returning from his third journey. At that stage, the Hawaiian Islands were not part of any country.

Answer 2

James Cook was on his third journey, and returning to England in 1779. He had already visited the Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii) on his outward journey where, due to an unusual combination of circumstances, he was perceived to be a certain god returning from across the sea. The natives revered him and treated him exceptionally well, and when they saw him off, it was with all the ceremonial pomp they reserved for their most highly honoured gods.

Cook then returned to Hawaii on his return trip to England, but this was perhaps his biggest mistake. For a start, his 'god' persona was not supposed to return, and his return caused some suspicions among the natives that he was perhaps not who they had thought he was. In trying to recover one of the ship's boats, which had been stolen by Polynesian islanders, or possibly while they were trying to send his boats away from the island again, Cook was attacked and killed by the natives, using spears, on the beach at Kealakekua Bay in Hawaii. The date of Cook's death was 14 February 1779.

Answer 3

A spear: Captain Cook was speared to death by Hawaiian natives.

Answer 4

Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii 1779 February 14th

Answer 5

he was killed