Hawaii: The Past, Present, and Future of Its Island-kingdom ; an Historical Account of the Sandwich Islands (Polynesia)D. Appleton and Company, 1869 - 555 páginas |
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... of Panama , by which ships may sail from sea to sea , carrying on the interchange of * C . St. Julian . - Report on Central Polynesia . ' IMPORTANCE OF THEIR SITUATION . human labour and natural production HAWAIIAN ISLANDS .
... of Panama , by which ships may sail from sea to sea , carrying on the interchange of * C . St. Julian . - Report on Central Polynesia . ' IMPORTANCE OF THEIR SITUATION . human labour and natural production HAWAIIAN ISLANDS .
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... Ship Canal be constructed , the Hawaiian Islands will assume a far greater importance than they have yet had , for they lie in the very path which navigation would then take . Even now , says a recent visitor , ' the islands , on ...
... Ship Canal be constructed , the Hawaiian Islands will assume a far greater importance than they have yet had , for they lie in the very path which navigation would then take . Even now , says a recent visitor , ' the islands , on ...
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... ship- ping , and thus find a ready market . Vast numbers of horses also subsist on the islands , mostly of an inferior kind ; and it would be an advantage to the kingdom if four - fifths of them were destroyed . They unnecessarily ...
... ship- ping , and thus find a ready market . Vast numbers of horses also subsist on the islands , mostly of an inferior kind ; and it would be an advantage to the kingdom if four - fifths of them were destroyed . They unnecessarily ...
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... Ships go out of harbour under sail , as for nine months in the year the trade wind is blowing seaward . Within the harbour there is plenty of space and every convenience . On the right hand a battery , seated on Punch - bowl Hill ...
... Ships go out of harbour under sail , as for nine months in the year the trade wind is blowing seaward . Within the harbour there is plenty of space and every convenience . On the right hand a battery , seated on Punch - bowl Hill ...
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... ships entered it in 1859 , and forty - nine whalers . Formerly it appears to have been a place of greater resort . In 1846 , four men - of - war , sixty - seven whalers , and thirty - four trading schooners arrived there . Three or four ...
... ships entered it in 1859 , and forty - nine whalers . Formerly it appears to have been a place of greater resort . In 1846 , four men - of - war , sixty - seven whalers , and thirty - four trading schooners arrived there . Three or four ...
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