Hawaiian (or SANDWICH) Islands

In the Pacific; lat. 19°-23° N., long. 155°-162° W.; discovered by Gaetano 1542; rediscovered 1778 by Cook, who gave them the name Owhyhee; ruled by Kamehameha I. 1790-1819. Idolatry was nominally abolished 1819; the American mi ionaries came 1820. A con IMG:content-0514.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small] provisional government vainly attempted to secure annexation to the U. S.