Discoverers of the Cook Islands and the Names They Gave
22. First European Discoveries
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22. First European Discoveries
| 1. 1595 | August | 20 | Pukapuka | by Alvaro de Mendana and Pedro Quiros |
| 2. 1606 | March | 2 | Rakahanga | by Pedro Quiros |
| 3. 1773 | September | 23 | Manuae | by James Cook |
| 4. 1774 | June | 16 | Palmerston | by James Cook |
| 5. 1777 | March | 29 | Mangaia | by James Cook |
| 6. 1777 | March | 31 | Atiu | by James Cook |
| 7. 1777 | April | 4 | Takutea | by James Cook |
| 8. 1788 | August | 8 | Penrhyn | by Captain Lever |
| 9. 1789 | April | 11 | Aitutaki | by William Bligh |
| 10. 1789 | Sept/Oct. | Rarotonga | by ‘Bounty’ Mutineers | |
| 11. 1814 | September | 17 | Suwarrow | by Mikhail Lazarev |
| 12. 1822 | October | 13 | Manihiki | by Captain Patrickson |
| 13. 1823 | June | 20? | Mitiaro | by John Williams |
| 14. 1823 | June | 23 | Mauke | by John Williams |
| 15. 1803 | ? | Nassau | by Captain Louis Coutance | |
| 16. 1765 | June | 21 | Tima Reef | by Commodore John Byron |
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