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From the moment Cook put Kauai on the map, it has gathered admirers from all over.
The oldest and northernmost of the main Hawaiian Islands, Kauai did not see well-meaning missionaries until 1820.
Kauai was its own kingdom then, and King Kaumualii--the king of Kauai who challenged Kamehameha and managed to keep Kauai from being conquered by him--would not be born for two more years.
James Cook stood on his ship gazing at the coastline of Kauai and the Hawaiian village of Waimea in 1778.
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