Are there any monuments to Captain Cook?

Answer 1

Yes.

There is a monument to Captain Cook in Hawaii. A white obelisk marks the point where he was killed by natives in 1779.

There is also a statue of Captain Cook in St Kilda, Melbourne, the capital of Victoria, Australia.

There are several monuments in the United Kingdom. One was built at The Vache in 1780, the year after Cook was killed. There is also a sizeable obelisk on Easby Moor which overlooks Cook's boyhood village of Great Ayton. In addition a plaque can be found on Free Trade Wharf in the Highway, Shadwell.

In addition, there are numerous places named are Cook, such as New Zealand's Mt Cook as well as a Mt Cook on the border between Alaska as the Yukon; the Cook Strait; various small islands named Cook Island as well as the Cook Islands themselves; a Captain Cook Museum in Martin, UK, the village where he was born; Cooktown in far North Queensland, Australia; there is even a Cook cater on the Moon: these are just a few of the ways in which Cook has been immortalised.

Answer 2

Yes, there are several monuments dedicated to Captain Cook around the world. Some notable ones include the Captain Cook Memorial in Kurnell, Australia, which marks the place where Cook first landed in the country, and the Captain Cook Monument in Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii, which commemorates his death. Additionally, there are numerous statues and plaques in places such as New Zealand, Canada, and the United Kingdom that pay tribute to his explorations.