Anchored in Kailua Bay, the passengers of the Thaddeus waited for permission to disembark, entertaining visits on board and making...
By the mid-1830s, Hawai‘i had endured a series of escalating foreign conflicts....
Queen Ka‘ahumanu was the favorite wife of Kamehameha I, who united the Hawaiian Islands....
International trade brought an influx of foreigners to Hawai‘i....
For Hawaiians, the natural environment was imbued with religious significance. Geological features, plants and animals were often revered as kinolau,...
On November 1, 1820, the Honolulu Mission hosted Captain Allen of Maro, from Nantucket, the first American whaling ship to...
On October 23, 1819, the fourteen men and women of the first company to Hawai‘i boarded the brig Thaddeus, anchored...
Kauikeaouli was the son of Kamehameha I and his sacred wife, Keōpūolani....
From the first arrival of foreigners in Hawai‘i in 1778, Hawaiians perished from introduced diseases at an alarming rate....
After a week, Liholiho conveyed his decision that the missionaries could remain in Hawai‘i for a year, though directed them...