Who was the first European to reach the Whitsunday Islands?
A Christopher Columbus
B Ferdinand Magellan
C James Cook
British explorer Captain James Cook and his crew are thought to be the earliest Europeans to set foot on the Whitsunday Islands, in the year 1770. They weren’t the first there though. The local seafaring Ngaro people, who used canoes crafted from local trees, were already living there as a maritime community.
The correct answer is James Cook.