Timeline Hawaii
$25.95
Ships, Furs, and Sandalwood : A Yankee Trader in Hawaii 1823-1825
$16.99
Ships, Furs, and Sandalwood offers a glimpse into the unique life of a Yankee trader and his merchant rivals competing to do business with Hawaiian royalty through the journal of Charles H. Hammatt, a representative of a Boston merchantile firm sent to the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1823 to negotiate trade agreements with Hawaiian royalty to secure sandalwood for the China Trade. Hammatt's personal and business dealings brought him into close contact with Liholiho, King Kamehameha II, his wary ministers, unscrupulous harbor merchants, and sea captains. His diligent journal recording provides look at frontier life in the Kingdom of Hawaii less than half a century after Cook's arrival.
