kootaia

Updated: July 14, 2025

Though the island, called Ota Kootaia, was uninhabited, still, as it was occasionally visited by the natives of the neighbouring island, Mr King left an axe and some nails in payment for what he took away. Captain Cook next sailed for Hervey Island, which he had supposed, when he discovered it in 1773, to be uninhabited.

William Henry Giles Kingston - Captain Cook: His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries