james cook

What if James Cook was never born? Would this mean that British exploration into Oceania takes longer? Was James Cook that essential, or would someone else just take his place? If Britain took longer or maybe never went to Oceania, what would happened? Would the Dutch take Australia, or the...

What if Captain James Cook and his other marines would have taken Hawaii by force instead of kidnapping Kalaniʻōpuʻu as a ransom for his stolen longboat? Would Hawaii be grouped together with some of the other Micronesian Islands and would it still be a British colony to this day?