Captain James Cook

From the extraordinary works of Gavan Dawes, The Shoal of Time: A History of the Hawaiian Islands brings the story on how James Cook was the first to discover the Hawaiian Islands, his decision to befriend the natives and the decision to stay at the islands when it seemed he should go to save his own life. Did he deserve to die for attempting to make a wrong a right? Did the Hawaiians make a terrible mistake in taking the life of Cook? Some would say he made the wrong decision and that is the reason he lost his life, I say he made the right decision because up until he died he did not give up like most people would, he kept fighting; he kept going and learned a lot in the process up until his death.
Captain James Cook discovered the Hawaiian Islands, at first it was confusing he had native friends in the south pacific but they never mentioned there was islands that far north. The natives did not trust anyone; some came to the shore with makeshift weapons Cook knew he would convince them he was not a danger the natives welcomed them but did not go aboard the ship. They were fascinated by the ships and the use of iron. Cook was fascinated how they could live without anyone else coming or going from the islands. Cook opened up to the natives fairly quickly, traded with the natives gave them things they could not get easily. The natives gave them things they never had, even the women of the islands. Cook let the natives set the tone of all the dealings since it was their land and he was a foreigner. The one main problem that Cook had was the Hawaiians were thieves and from the first time he let them on board the ship, Cook had no idea it would be the death of him.
Captain Cook was a trustworthy man, maybe too trustworthy, I say he was brave since he would let the natives come aboard and even let a few stay in the ship overnight. I also believe he was just showing them that foreigners were not bad people and we had no reason to harm them. I think that Cook