An Anchorage monument to Captain Cook highlights his travels, including to Cook Inlet, and calls him the ““greatest explorer-navigator the world has ever known.” But the inlet was no discovery.
"Captain James Cook"
Native Village of Eklutna will decide what to do with Captain Cook statue in downtown Anchorage
Cook, a famed British explorer, was in the Anchorage area for short period in May and June of 1778; he and his crew were the first Europeans to reach Prince William Sound and Cook Inlet. His visit is remembered in the oral tradition of the Dena’ina people.
‘Take them all down’: Statues spark discussion about colonialism in Alaska
In Alaska, the names of settlers and explorers can be found everywhere: roads, cities, buildings and statues — all reminders of Alaska’s colonization and the impact it has had on the Indigenous population.
Alaskan Book Review – “Captain Cook’s World: Maps of the Life and Voyages of James Cook, Royal Navy”
Commentator Dee Longenbaugh reviews the book by John Robson and published by University of Washington Press.