Showing posts with label Liholiho. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Liholiho. Show all posts
Sunday, February 8, 2015

“Admiral of the Sandwich Islands”

›
On November 27, 1823, Kamehameha II (Liholiho) was the first Ali‘i to travel to England.  He was accompanied by Kamāmalu, the queen, Bok...
Thursday, October 23, 2014

Hewahewa

›
“Kailua Harbor, April 5, 1820. In the dawn of the day, as we passed near shore, several chiefs were spending their idle hours in gambling...
Sunday, October 12, 2014

James Kahuhu

›
On October 23, 1819, the Pioneer Company of American Protestant missionaries from the northeast US set sail on the Thaddeus for the Sandw...
Monday, September 8, 2014

Naukane

›
During Captain Cookʻs visit to Hawaiʻi on his third voyage of exploration in 1779, then-Lieutenant King (later Captain) noted, “During th...
Saturday, September 6, 2014

Manono

›
Manono was born on Maui in the 1780s; her father was Kekuamanoha, and her mother was Kalola-a-Kumukoʻa, a wife of Kamehameha. Through her...
Thursday, July 31, 2014

Kaʻahumanu’s Coffin

›
While on a trip to the continent, Queen Kamāmalu (age 22) died on July 8, 1824; King Kamehameha II (Liholiho, age 27) died six days late...
Sunday, June 22, 2014

Ke Ana O Ke Kiʻi

›
The ancient Hawaiian religion, kapu, was an oppressive system of prohibitions. The law of kapu was extended to every act in life, and it ...
Thursday, May 15, 2014

It all happened in about a year …

›
A lot went on in other parts of the world: Oct 20, 1818 – it was agreed that the 49th parallel forms as border between US & Canada;...
Saturday, April 26, 2014

Aliʻi and the Haole

›
Aliʻi made friends with many of the haole (white foreigners) who stopped at or ended up living in the Islands.  The Aliʻi appointed many ...
Monday, April 14, 2014

Kawaihae Harbor

›
Kawaihae is also generally referenced as Pelekane, which means ‘British,’ possibly named after the Young and the Davis families who lived...
Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Kauaʻi

›
Poetically the island is reportedly called, "Manōkalanipō", or "Kauaʻi a Manō" after the ancient chief who was lar...
Sunday, January 12, 2014

Kekuaokalani and the Kapu

›
Pāʻao (ca 1300,) from Kahiki (Tahiti,) is reported to have introduced (or significantly expanded,) a religious and political code in old...