This English sea captain & his crew discovered the natives surfing in Hawaii in the 1770s
[DOC] [TLE] Captain James Cook and Preventive Health - eTouch for Health [PAR] Cook felt that his greatest achievements were in preventing the disease scurvy 
and ... On long voyages, nearly three-quarters of a ship's crew was likely to be 
unable ... defeat of sea diseases, for this conquest had allowed pursuit of his 
primary objectives.