Description
Cook’s discovered the island group of New Caledonia, on 4 September 1774, and which he named New Caledonia. The Resolution remained in New Caledonia 5 to 13 September, 1774. On the 7th September Cook and his party walked into the country. ‘Their houses, or at least most of them, are like Beehives.’ Cook, Journal II, 533-4.
References; Beddie 1381-50, p.269, Joppien 2.140A, ill.p.240
From, Cook, A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World, performed in His Majesty’s Ships the Resolution and Adventure, In the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775.
