Topic summary
Putauaki
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Pūtauaki.
History
Captain James Cook named the mountain "Mount Edgecumbe" on 2 November 1769, possibly in honour of John Edgecombe, the sergeant of marines on his vessel, the Endeavour. In 1925 the mountain was gazetted with two official names: Putauaki and Mount Edgecumbe.