Kealakekua Bay
Americannoun
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In the 1970s, Michael and Janet Dant began offering snorkeling tours in the Big Island’s Kealakekua Bay.
From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2022
After an hour of motoring across ultra-calm waters in shades of blue, green and turquoise, we neared Kealakekua Bay State Historical Park.
From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2022
James Cook, British seadog, who had sailed the Pacific from the Antarctic and the South Sea Islands to Alaska, anchored his good ship Resolution in Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii.
From Time Magazine Archive
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At the easternmost island, Hawaii proper, Governor Judd will come upon Kealakekua Bay, where in 1779 Captain Cook, for his overbearing treatment of the natives, was stabbed to death and thrown into the water.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Only a mile or so from Kealakekua Bay is a spot of historic interest—the place where the last battle was fought for idolatry.
From Roughing It, Part 8. by Twain, Mark
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