Almost 250 years on, the explorer is famed for his navigational feats, but some think another descriptor should be added.
By Yasmin Jeffery and Marc Fennell, ABC
On his third voyage, well over two centuries ago, Captain Cook made a detour to Hawaii that would result in his violent demise.
Beneath the sprawling, gnarled branches of a kiawe tree in Hawaii's pristine Kealakekua Bay, an X lies carved into an otherwise unassuming rock face.
But there's no buried treasure to be found here.
This X marks the spot where Captain James Cook was killed by Kānaka Maoli (native Hawaiians) on Valentine's Day in 1779.
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