Peter, it is theoretically possible, but none of the records suggest that there was such intimacy.At first the Maori distinguished between the sailors who had beards and those who did not, possibly thinking that they were not male. This is reflected in Cook's journal entry for 11 April 1773, where a Maori girl showed fondness for a sailor until she discovered he was a man, when she would not allow him near her.
Catherine, Captain Cook did not encounter the islands of Fiji on either of his three voyages. As he did not land, he did not collect any artefacts from Fiji. Little is known about his movements ashore whilst his ships were at Plymouth.
With regard to the six week period when Cook was staying in Dusky Sound NZ, is there much chance any of the visitors could have fathered children from this time with the relatively small native population there? (They were re encountered around twenty years later by the first sealing expeditions, but kept a low and mysterious profile.)
Is there any information about Captain Cook in Fiji? Did he collect any items from here? Also are there any further links to the time he spent in Plymouth?
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