Kamehameha I died in May 1819, in Kamakahonu, Hawai‘i. Early on, the king had named his son, Liholiho, successor. But...
From the time of Captain Cook, Hawaiians saw that foreigners used writing to both formalize agreements and communicate ideas....
From the first arrival of foreigners in Hawai‘i in 1778, Hawaiians perished from introduced diseases at an alarming rate....
Captain James Cook was a British naval officer and explorer who commanded three voyages to the Pacific. Privately, he carried...
Missionaries, after arriving in 1820, quickly began teaching reading and writing. Instruction was initially in English, and limited to only...
In 1786, trading ships began making regular stops in Hawai‘i on their way to China and the Pacific Northwest. Pursuing...
King Kamehameha I united the Hawaiian Islands at a time when foreign influences were transforming everything around him. He managed...
The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mission (ABCFM), founded in 1810, arose from the religious fervor that America experienced...
After a week, Liholiho conveyed his decision that the missionaries could remain in Hawai‘i for a year, though directed them...