L I F E I N
H A W A I I
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHIC SKETCH
OF
MISSION LIFE AND LABORS
(1835-1881)
BY
TITUS COAN
NEW YORK
ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH & COMPANY
BROADWAY, COR. 20th ST.
COPYRIGHT 1882, BY
ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH & COMPANY,
NEW YORK
EDWARD O. JENKINS,
Printer and Stereotypes,
20 North William St.
ROBERT RUTTER,
Binder,
116 and 118 East 14th Street.
TO INTRODUCTION AND TABLE OF CONTENTS
Life in Hawaii, by Titus Coan
Copyright ©1882, 1997 (electronic edition by Edward J. Coan)
Notes on the electronic edition: This document was created by scanning and OCR of
the 1882 printed edition given by Phillip Coan, the grandson
of Titus Coan and my grandfather, to my father, Edward Morel
Coan.
I have retained the general typographical characteristics
of the original, except for correction of a few minor and
obvious spelling errors, and deletion of the Index, which
was felt to be unnecessary in an electronically searchable
document. The overall mixed American/British spellings have
been preserved to maintain the historical sense.
Dates and other numerical data have been carefully
checked against the original book for accuracy. However,
several of his measurements are known to be inaccurate (e.g.,
the distance from Oahu to Kauai is given as 75 miles, which
distance is nearer 99 miles; and the highest peak on Kauai
is given as 8,000 feet, which height is nearer 5,200 feet).
The accuracy of other reported measurements may therefore
be suspect.
-Edward J. Coan
In lieu of an index, an overview of the contents
is provided here for reference purposes:
The document format is HTML. Although the file is not physically protected
against modification, the contents are protected under copyright
law. Comments are welcome via e-mail to
Ed Coan
or
The HCV web master,
Ken Rubin.
Chapter(s) Summary of Contents
I and II
cover primarily Titus' early
life and the sail to Hawaii (Chapter XV contrasts this with
his post-Civil-War visit to the mainland).
II through XII
describe primarily missionary
activities.
X
describes the Hawaiian Royalty from
Kamehameha I to David Kalakaua and Queen Kapiolani, including
his personal experiences with them.
XIII and XIV
describe two visits to the Marquesas
in the 1860s, with much sociological detail.
XVI
describes the other Hawaiian Islands briefly
in the mid 1800s.
XVII
describes his experiences with, and impressions
of, native Hawaiians of the time.
Of particular interest to visitors of this web site...
XVIII through XXIII
describe volcanic activities
on the island of Hawaii from 1840 to 1881.
Return to the Hawaii Center for Volcanology Home Page
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