This English sea captain & his crew discovered the natives surfing in Hawaii in the 1770s
[DOC] [TLE] 10 Things You May Not Know About Captain James Cook - History ... [PAR] Apr 29, 2015 ... On April 29, 1770, the British HM Bark Endeavor became the first ... Cook's three 
voyages of discovery helped fill in many of the blank spots on Europeans' world 
maps, but his mistreatment of natives in Hawaii eventually led to ... endangering 
both his crew and his priceless charts of his Pacific discoveries.