A History of the Sandwich Islands

A nice copy. Receipt from 1992 for this copy loosely included (Tusitala Bookshop, Honolulu). ; v, [vi-viii], 428 pages + folding map frontispiece. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 198 x 127mm. Author's Preface dated 1843. This 1909 edition includes some minor corrections and "elucidations of a few paragraphs not sufficiently plain for readers unfamiliar with the times and incidents alluded to" (see publisher's advertisement, page vi) to the text, and adds an index (pages 421-428). Hawaii. Contents: Early History; Early History Continued; State of the People while Heathen; Introduction of Christianity; First Difficulties Overcome; Progress of the Gospel; Nature of the Missionary Work; Power of the Gospel Tested; System of Schools; The Great Revival; Efforts of the Papal Missionaries; Relative Position; Present State of Improvement; Provisional Cession of the Islands; Designs on Sovereignty of Islands Frustrated; Appendices. "Sheldon Dibble (January 26, 1809 January 22, 1845) was a missionary to Hawaii who organized one of the first books on Hawaiian history, and inspired students to write more. [. . .] He died on January 22, 1845, just before his 36th birthday. A second edition of his history was published in 1909 after the circulation of a letter from Dibble containing some corrections." - Wikipedia entry on Sheldon Dibble, accessed January 2025.

Product Info

Publisher: Thos. G. Thrum

Year: 1909

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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