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Capt. James Cook of the British Navy discovered Hawaii on January 18, 1778 that was during the season of Hawaii that the god lono would come. And when capt. cook came they hawaiians thought he was lono one of the gods. Later Captain Cook soon departed, but he returned to the islands the next year and was killed. Hawaii became a way station in the 19th century.

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