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
Kaʻiana
King Kamehameha receiving the Russian naval expedition of Otto von Kotzebue. Drawing by Louis Choris in 1816.
Nāmākēhā
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Nāmākēhā was a Hawaiian high chief who fought on multiple sides during the unification wars in the latter 18th century with his two brothers. Originally from Maui, he and his brothers defected a numbe
His brother Kaʻiana, lithograph after painting by Spoilum, 1787
