A harvest festival is an annual celebration that occurs around the time of the main harvest of a given region. Given the differences in climate and crops around the world, harvest festivals can be fou ...
The Makahiki festival was celebrated in three phases. The first phase was a time of spiritual cleansing and making ho?okupu, offerings to the gods. The Konohiki, a class of royalty that at this time ...
Main article: History of HawaiiJames Kealoha Beach, "4-Mile Beach", in HiloHawai?i is said to have been named for Hawai?iloa, the legendary Polynesian navigator who first discovered it. Other accoun ...
Settlement on Kealakekua Bay has a long history. Hikiau Heiau was a luakini temple of Ancient Hawaii at the south end of the bay, at coordinates 19°28′31″N 155°55′9″W, associated with funeral ri ...
The inlet was first explored and settled by Dena'ina people. In the 18th century, Russian fur hunters (promyshlenniki) were among the first European visitors. The Lebedev Lastochkin Company leader Ste ...
The Spanish explored the coastal area of Alta California by sea beginning in the 16th century and considered the area a domain of the Spanish monarchy. During the following two centuries there were va ...
The office of Lord High Admiral was created in around 1400 to take charge of the Royal Navy. It was one of the Great Offices of State. The office could be exercised by an individual (as was invariably ...
John Montagu was born in 1718, the son of Edward Montagu, Viscount Hinchingbrooke. At the age of four his father died, leaving him as his heir. His mother soon remarried and he had little further cont ...
Archipelagos may be found isolated in bodies of water or neighboring a large land mass. For example, Scotland has more than 700 islands surrounding its mainland which constitute an archipelago. Archip ...
Native Hawaiian tradition indicates the name's origin in the legend of Hawai?iloa — the Polynesian navigator attributed with discovery of the Hawaiian Islands. The story relates how he named the isl ...
located at 21°57′42″N 159°40′25″W? / ?21.96167°N 159.67361°WCoordinates: 21°57′42″N 159°40′25″W? / ?21.96167°N 159.67361°W.According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has ...
Captain James Cook visited the islands on January 18, 1778 and named them the "Sandwich Islands" in honor of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, who was one of his sponsors as the First Lord of the Ad ...
Polynesia: The islands scattered across a triangle covering the east-central region of the Pacific Ocean. The triangle is bound by the Hawaiian islands in the north, New Zealand in the west, and Easte ...
HMS Discovery was the consort ship of James Cook's third expedition to the Pacific Ocean in 1776 - 1780. Like Cook's other ships, Discovery was a Whitby-built collier originally named Diligence when w ...
Clerke started studying at the Royal Naval Academy in Portsmouth when he was 13. During the Seven Years' War he served aboard HMS Dorsetshire and HMS Bellona. He was in the mizzen-top of HMS Bellona w ...
