1893. JamesCook led three separate voyages to chart areas of the globe unknown to the Kingdom of Great Britain. It was on his third and final voyage that
cones. The island was named after Captain JamesCook. Cook did not visit the island, but passed the mouth ofCook Bay on 19 December 1774. The bay was named
the last land Cook sighted after leaving New Zealand for Australia at the end of his firstvoyage. Farewell Spit forms the northern side of Golden Bay and