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The history of Hawaii began with the discovery and settlement of the Hawaiian Islands by Polynesian people between 940 and 1200 AD. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The first recorded and sustained contact with Europeans occurred by chance when British explorer James Cook sighted the islands in January 1778 during his third voyage of exploration .
Ancient Hawaiʻi is the period of Hawaiian history preceding the establishment in 1795 of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi by Kamehameha the Great. Traditionally, researchers estimated the first settlement of the Hawaiian islands as having occurred sporadically between 400 and 1100 CE by Polynesian long-distance navigators from the Samoan , Marquesas ...
A Brief History of the Hawaiian People. New York: American Book Company. p. 331. OCLC 187412143. Cartwright, Bruce (1930). "Note on Hawaiian Genealogies". Thirty-eighth annual report of the Hawaiian Historical Society for the year 1929. Hawaiian Historical Society. pp. 45– 47. hdl:10524/33. Kamakau, Samuel (1992) [1961].
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.
56 years ago today, Hawaii became the 50th state to join the United States. On August 21, 1959, President Dwight Eisenhower signed the proclamation welcoming Hawaii into the United States. It was ...
Hawaii has a decades-long history of hosting more military space for the United States than any other territory or state. [73] This record of military activity has taken a sharp toll on the environmental health of the Hawaiian archipelago, degrading its beaches and soil, and making some places entirely unsafe due to unexploded ordnance. [74]
A look back on Hawaii's history shows just how rare it is for hurricanes to impact the islands. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...