Battle of Nuʻuanu
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The Battle of Nuʻuanu, fought in May 1795 on the southern part of the island of Oʻahu, was a key battle in the final days of King Kamehameha I's wars to conquer the Hawaiian Islands. It is known in th
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Cliffs of the Koʻolau Range as seen from Nu‘uanu Pali in 1996
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Kamehameha I
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Kamehameha I, also known as Kamehameha the Great, was the conqueror and first ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaii. The state of Hawaii gave a statue of him to the National Statuary Hall Collection in Washi
Portrait of Kamehameha (c. 1758–1819), King of the Sandwich Islands by Louis Choris, 1816.
This feather sculpture of the god Kūkaʻilimoku was left to Kamehameha I by his uncle Kalaniʻōpuʻu
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King Kamehameha receiving the Russian naval expedition of Otto von Kotzebue. Drawing by Louis Choris in 1816.