How did Captain Cook die? Was Captain James Cook eaten?

James Cook was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer and captain in the British Royal Navy, famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean and to New Zealand and Australia in particular.

On February 14, 1779, James Cook attempted to kidnap Kalani’opu’u, the ruling chief of the Island of Hawaii. The decision to hold him in exchange for a stolen longboat was the fatal error of Cook’s final voyage and led to his death at Kealakekua Bay.

Was Captain James Cook eaten?

No-the Hawaiian Islanders who killed Captain Cook were not cannibals. They believed that the power of a man was in his bones, so they cooked part of Cook’s body to enable the bones to be easily removed.