Captain James Cook created this historically important first charting of the Hawaiian Islands on his third and final Pacific voyage. Cook was assisted in his efforts by William Bligh, and this map was published in Anderson's Voyages of Captain Cook by Alexander Hogg in 1784-86.

It shows the path of the Resolution and the Discovery that tracks Cook's movements following his first visit to the Sandwich Islands in January 1778. The inset depicts Kealakekua Bay where the great navigator met his untimely demise on February 14, 1779.