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Discovery and Chatham off Hanalei Bay

Captain Vancouver charting Hawaiian waters, Kaua'i, March 8, 1794

Captain George Vancouver had helped Cook chart Kaua'i's south and east shoreline. He returned to the Pacific in March, 1792, charged with charting the Pacific Northwest and the rest of Hawai'i.

In March, 1794, after wintering at Kealekekua Bay, he sailed up Kaua'i's northern coast and discovered a most spectacular vista. In the ship's log, he writes:

"The coast of Attowai, [Kaua'i] assumes a rugged and romantic appearance, rising suddenly to lofty abrupt cliffs, that jut out into a variety of steep rocky points."

21 x 31 in. lithograph - 275 edition (remarques available)