These lovely islands were discovered by the Polynesians, who gave them the name Hawaii. When Captain Cook discovered Hawaii, he renamed them The Sandwich Islands. This information was culled from From Mauka to Makai. I have also added some dates of my own.


300 - 750 A.D.
Polynesians arrive by outrigger canoe from Tahiti
1778
British explorer Captain James Cook discovers the Hawaiian Islands and names them Sandwich Islands after Britian's Earl of Sandwich.
1779
Captain Cook is killed in a Big Island dispute at Kealakekua Bay, near Kona.
1789
The first Chinese arrive after jumping off a trading ship.
1810
King Kamehameha the Great unites all the Hawaiian islands into one kingdom.
1813
The first pineapple plants are introduced from Spain.
1816
First Hawaiian flag is sewn.
1817
Coffee is first planted.
1819
King Kamehameha the Great dies. Prince Liholiho ascends the throne as Kamehameha II (1819-1824). He also abandons the ancient taboo of eating with......

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