The printing press made an indelible impact on Hawaiian history....
International trade brought an influx of foreigners to Hawai‘i....
In 1827, a small group of Catholics from France arrived in Honolulu to establish a mission....
On July 11, 1842, Levi Chamberlain, business agent for the Mission, bundled four of his children and two others into...
In 1839, Kauikeaouli (Kamehameha III) established the Chiefs’ Children’s School in Honolulu, to educate Hawai‘i’s future leaders....
Kapunahou has long been celebrated for its legendary freshwater spring....
David Malo was a Hawaiian scholar and royal adviser, who is perhaps best remembered today for his book, Hawaiian Antiquities,...
William Richards arrived in Hawaiʻi in 1823 with the second company of missionaries....
From the time of Captain Cook, Hawaiians saw that foreigners used writing to both formalize agreements and communicate ideas....
Hawaiians quickly took to reading and writing but were slower to accept Christianity....
For Hawaiians, land was not something to be bought and sold but a living ancestor....
A graduate of Bowdoin College and Bangor Seminary, Dole was a classical scholar who arrived with his wife, Emily, in...