Captain Cook Monument

IN MEMORY OF THE GREAT CIRCUMNAVIGATOR CAPTAIN JAMES COOK R.N. WHO DISCOVERED THESE ISLANDS ON THE 10th OF JANUARY, A.D. 1778 AND FELL NEAR THIS SPOT ON THE 14th OF FEBRUARY A.D. 1779. 

THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED IN NOVEMBER A.D. 1874 BY SOME OF HIS FELLOW COUNTRYMEN