"A narrative of an 1823 tour of Hawaii or Owhyhee : with remarks on the history, traditions, manners, customs and language of the inhabitants of the Sandwich Islands"
In the spring of 1822, the Rev. William Ellis, an English Missionary, came to the Sandwich Islands. A tour of the island was made in the summer of 1823. This journal was drawn up from Mr. Ellis' minutes during the journey.
Meet important historical figures, such as Liholiho, Kuakini and John Young. Witness, first hand, historical events, such as the death of Captain Cook, the battles of Kamehameha the Great and the explosive eruptions of Kilauea.
William Ellis’ classic of Pacific literature stands unrivalled as an account of Hawaiian life in the early nineteenth century. With his close interest in native life, his sympathy for a people undergoing vast social change and his keen eye for accurate detail, Ellis was not the typical missionary of Western visitor to the islands. Always the ethnologist, Ellis packs his narrative with vital information for students of traditional Hawai‘i, and takes readers back in time to witness a vanished age.
Reprint of a classic.