The first page of print in Hawaiian was struck on the printing press, transported from Boston on the Thaddeus, and...
Within two years, the Pioneer Company desperately needed help to achieve their mission: expanding literacy and converting the population....
View the interactive map of the islands of Kaua‘i, O‘ahu, Maui and Hawai‘i to see key Ali‘i and mission members...
In 1827, a small group of Catholics from France arrived in Honolulu to establish a mission....
For missionaries, education was essential to both salvation and worldliness. Prominent Congregationalist ministers, such as Timothy Dwight and Edward Dorr...
Samuel Ruggles and Samuel Whitney accompanied George Prince Humehume home to Kaua‘i, where he was welcomed with great emotion by...
John (Ioane) Kāneiakama Papa ‘Ī‘ī was an esteemed statesman and royal adviser, who ultimately served four consecutive monarchs, from Kamehameha...
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....
On November 1, 1820, the Honolulu Mission hosted Captain Allen of Maro, from Nantucket, the first American whaling ship to...
Preparations in Honolulu to welcome the arrival of Liholiho included extended practice for a large hula performance with 270 dancers...
Travel to Florence via private coach. After check-in and lunch on your own, meet your guide to walk the streets...