Fragments Of Hawaiian History

Selections from a series of articles which appeared in the Hawaiian newspaper, Kuokoa, from 1866 to 1870.

The author is a native of Hawaii and a historian of Hawaiian history with the Department of Education of Hawaii and the University of Hawaii since 1953. This book covers the history of Hawaii including but not limited to Kamehameha the Great, Captain Cook, Captain George Vancouver, Kingdom of Hawaii, Chinatown, US Annexation, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen. The author lectures Hawaiian history aboard Holland America Line, Norwegian Cruise Line and Crystal Cruise Line ships since 2000.

- Chapters covering unification of the kingdom, contact with westerners, the Mahele, the influence of the sugar industry, and the overthrow of the monarchy, rewritten for easier readability - New color illustrations, including paintings by Herb Kawainui K ne, never-before-published portraits of the monarchs, vintage postcards, and then and now photographs - Photographs, drawings, and primary source documents from local archives and collections - Challenging vocabulary defined in the text margins - Appendixes covering the formation of the islands, Hawai'i's geography, and Polynesian migration - A timeline and a bibliography

A Brief History of the Hawaiian People by William De Witt Alexander, first published in 1899, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.