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A Brief History Of Kauai
Compared to several other U.S regions, the island of Kauai has a history that is rich and unique. The birth and advancement of the oldest island in The Hawaiian islands provide and involve a lot of folklore, tradition and culture.
Around 400 to 500 A.D., Kauai had its first share of settlers who introduced basic foods such as taro which is commonly used to make poi. Moving forward to 1000 A.D. and the Marquesans had sailed from Polynesia and had become the first real inhabitants of the island. Tahitians arrived around the same time and overpowered the Marquesans to settle in Kauai as well. The impact of the Polynesians on this island can still be seen today as many plants bought by these early settlers still grow in the region today.
Westerners arrived at the scene only during the 1700s. Captain James Cook is the most famous of all western explorers who navigated Hawaiian waters and islands. The HMS Discovery and Resolution first made land in Waimea Bay in 1778 resulting in local trading and cultural education from their Hawaiian hosts. Cook called the islands Sandwich Islands after the captain's superior officer, the 4th Earl of Sandwich.
Moving thorugh history a few more decades and King Kamehameha took Kauai without violence from King Kaumuali"i in 1810. He reigned over the majority of the island chain. Five years later in 1815, Georg Scheffer, a Russian doctor visited Kauai in an attempt to establish trade privileges with Kamehameha. The island however, was still nominally under the control of King Kaumuali"i so the Russian doctor promised Kaumuali"i to liberate Kauai with the assistance of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia in exchange for cargo located in Waimea. Fort Elizabeth was then built on the western part of the island plus a couple more near Hanalei. Unfortunately, Scheffer was called back to his home country resulting to the fall of Fort Elizabeth into the hands of King Kamehameha.
The Kilauea Lighthouse was created in 1913 at the northernmost point of the major Hawaiian islands which featured the largest glass lens of its kind guiding sailors from the Orient. It continued to function until 1970 and is now considered as a historical landmark. Hawaiian history continued to flourish throughout the years and was well-preserved even after American colonization during the 1900s.
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