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Kealakekua Bay is located on the Kona coast of the island of Hawaiʻi about 12 miles (19 km) south of Kailua-Kona.Settled over a thousand years ago, the surrounding area contains many archeological and historical sites such as religious temples and also includes the spot where the first documented European to reach the Hawaiian islands, Captain James Cook, was killed.
After staying in the bay for 19 days, Cook and his two ships sailed out of the bay. [13] The dagger purportedly used, on display at the Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Kaʻawaloa in 1779 by John Webber, artist aboard Cook's ship [14] On 6 February Cook's ships left Kealakekua Bay.
Kealakekua is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaiʻi County, Hawaiʻi, United States.The population was 2,019 at the 2010 census, [2] up from 1,645 at the 2000 census.. It was the subject of the 1933 popular song "My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii" by Bill Cogswell, Tommy Harrison and Johnny Noble, which became a Hawaiian music standard.
In 1829, High Chiefess Kapiʻolani removed the remaining bones and hid them in the Pali Kapu O Keōua cliffs above nearby Kealakekua Bay. She then ordered this last temple to be destroyed. The bones were later moved to the Royal Mausoleum of Hawaii in 1858. [13] The heiau in the park was reconstructed in the 1960s. [14]
The Kealakekua Bay State Historical Park marks the place where Captain James Cook was killed in 1779. Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park and Honokohau Settlement and Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park are in Kona. The volcanic slopes of Hualālai and Mauna Loa in the Kona district provide an ideal microclimate for growing ...
In 1839, under the direction of Kapiʻolani, Forbes moved the mission to the south side of Kealakekua Bay, in an area called Kepulu, just inland from the village now called Nāpoʻopoʻo. [5] Another house was built here, and a church which was 120 feet (37 m) by 57 feet (17 m) of stone and coral lime.
Lost kingdom: Hawaii's last queen, the sugar kings and America's first imperial adventure (1st ed.). New York: Atlantic Monthly Press. ISBN 978-0-8021-2001-4. OCLC 730414372. Silva, Noenoe K. (2017). The power of the steel-tipped pen: reconstructing native Hawaiian intellectual history. Foreword by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o.
The traditionalists marched from Kaʻawaloa at Kealakekua Bay and met the royal army headed by Kalanimoku in an area also known as Lekeleke [4] in December 1819. Both sides in the battle at this site had rifles, but Kalanimoku had a small cannon mounted on a double canoe, so over 300 warriors were killed, including Kekuaokalani and his wife ...