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.
Kamehameha II
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Kamehameha II was the second king of the Kingdom of Hawaii from 1819 to 1824. His birth name was Liholiho and full name was Kalaninui kua Liholiho i ke kapu ʻIolani. It was lengthened to Kalani Kaleiʻ
Kamehameha I
…of Kamehameha (c. 1758–1819), King of the Sandwich Islands by Louis Choris, 1816. King of the Hawaiian Islands Reign 1795 – May 8, 1819 Successor Kamehameha II Aliʻi nui of Hawaii Reign July 1782 – 1795 Predecessor Kīwalaʻō Born Paiʻea between 1736–1761 Kapakai, Kokoiki, Moʻokini Heiau, Kohala, Hawaiʻi Island…
Portrait of Kamehameha II, drawn by John Hayter, 1824.
The royal yacht Haʻaheo o Hawaiʻi
Sketch in London just before his death
In the royal box at London, 1824