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Topic: Kamamalu


In the News (Sat 22 Nov 08)

  
  POST OFFICE IN PARADISE - Bank Note: NBNCo - Comparison of Scott No. 30a, 30b, and 30
Catalogues of the 19th Century described all of the Kamamalu shades merely as "violet." Later, the shades were separated into mauve, violet and purple.
When referring to the Princess Kamamalu stamps, the mauve stamps have more red than blue, the violet stamps are cold and lack any red and the purple stamps have a much stronger bluish content than red.
Early in the 20th Century, cataloguers began differentiating colors for the Kamamalu stamps and hit on mauve, violet and purple.
www.hawaiianstamps.com /scott30com.html   (773 words)

  
  Spotlight on Nation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Its compassionate, cynical population of 477 million are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.
Kamamalu's national animal is the stitch, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the white gold.
Kamamalu is ranked 27th in the region and 78,215th in the world for Largest Information Technology Sector.
www.nationstates.net /-1/page=display_nation/nation=kamamalu   (213 words)

  
 Honolulu Star-Bulletin Kokua Line
Princess Victoria Kihe'ahe'alani Kamamalu was the sister of Kamehameha IV and V and lived for a time on the grounds of Iolani Palace, directly across the street from the building which now bears her name.
Kamamalu was 27 and single when she died on May 26, 1866, after a brief illness.
The Kamamalu Building houses the state Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, which is holding its 10th annual musical tribute to her on Monday.
starbulletin.com /1999/10/30/news/kokualine.html   (492 words)

  
 Honolulu Star-Bulletin Hawaii News
Neighborhood residents identified the girls as cousins in the third and fifth grade at Royal and whose families live nearby on Lusitana Street.
Karl Rhoads, a member of the Downtown Neighborhood Board, said a number of children from the area often cross Punchbowl to get to the nearest playground facilities at Kamamalu Park, which is at Queen Emma Street and Vineyard Boulevard, on the other side of Royal School.
Discussion about an overhead pedestrian bridge across Punchbowl at the Jiffy Lube stopped when it was determined that there was not enough room to put one there, he said.
www.starbulletin.com /2002/05/23/news/story3.html   (769 words)

  
 Hälster - Hawaiian Monarchy
Believing like his father that the islands were under the protection of Great Britain, Liholiho and his favorite wife Kamamalu traveled to England in May of 1824, where they were received by the government of King George IV.
However, measles afflicted the royal party and Kamamalu died on July 8 followed by Liholiho on July 14.
The nephew of Kauikeaouli, Alexander Liholiho was the son of Kekuanaoa and his wife Kinau, the grandson of Kamehameha I, younger brother of Lot Kamehameha and elder brother of Victoria Kamamalu.
members.tripod.com /surfhal/monarch.html   (1355 words)

  
 Pua Hau Maleka
Source: Kamamalu (1802-1824) was the daughter of Hoapili and Kalakua.
Kamamalu, like all Hawaiians, had no immunity to disease and succumbed rapidly, even though King George sent his personal physician to minister to the Hawaiians.
King George arranged for the Hawaiian royalty to be returned home with all the honor worthy of their regal station.
www.huapala.org /Chants/Pua_Hau_Maleka.html   (255 words)

  
 Spirit of Aloha - Aloha Airlines' in-flight magazine with information on Hawaii vacations, Hawaiian island maps and the ...
The high chiefess Kamamalu (wife of Kamehameha's sacred son and successor, Liholiho) took particular notice of his performance and decided to ask him to join her court as an entertainer.
Kamamalu was further intrigued by Pua'aiki's general appearance-his diminutive height, poor vision and hirsuteness.
It was common practice for royalty to take certain persons with unique skills, features or even disabilities as wards of the chief's court.
www.spiritofaloha.com /place/1103/place.html   (711 words)

  
 british in hawaii
After being attended to by physicians of King George IV, all quickly recovered except for Liholiho and Kamamalu.
Kamamalu died on July 8, and grief-stricken Liholiho died six days later.
The bodies of Liholiho and Kamamalu were placed in lavish coffins and shipped back to Honolulu aboard the 46-gun British frigate Blonde, commanded by Captain the Right Honorable Lord Byron, cousin of the poet Byron.
www.islander-magazine.com /british.html   (2766 words)

  
 Kona Kai Opua
Trained to be king, he inherited the throne at an early age and co-ruled with Kaahumanu, the Kuhina Nui.
This tragic state visit with King George of England was to gain political and commercial knowledge to better enable Liholiho to govern his kingdom that had attracted many foreigners.
Queen Kamamalu died July 8, 1824 followed by the death of King Liholiho, July 14.
www.huapala.org /Kona_Kai_Opua.html   (297 words)

  
 HawaiiansAbroad.com - Hawaiian History
Section II Article 47 of the 1852 Constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom provided that the Kuhina Nui (Premier), in absence of a Monarch, would fill the vacant office.
" Victoria Kamamalu was the Kuhina Nui during the reign of Kamehameha IV and upon his death, ascended to the role of Monarch.
Victoria Kamamalu is often overlooked in Hawaiian history and rarely recognized as a Queen of Hawai'i.
www.hawaiiansabroad.com /history.html   (1364 words)

  
 The Honolulu Advertiser | Island Life
This is the amazing story of how a pair of portraits of King Kamehameha II and his wife, Queen Kamamalu, found their way from an obscure farm in Ireland to
Among the paintings he saw were portraits of King Kamehameha II and his wife, Queen Kamamalu, painted by French artist Eugenie Lebrun.
i by King George IV, after the tragic deaths of Kamehameha II and Kamamalu from measles while on a visit to the English king in 1824.
the.honoluluadvertiser.com /2001/Jan/23/123islandlife12.html   (543 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Kamamalu: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The voyage to England of King Liholiho and Queen Kamamalu: Essay read by F.L. Pleadwell at the meeting of the Social science association, 71st season on the evening of June 2, 1952 by Frank Lester Pleadwell (Unknown Binding - 1952)
" 248* footnote] The princess was Victoria Kamamalu (1838-66).
Liholiho and his queen, Kamamalu, died of the measles in 1924 in London, where they...
www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Kamamalu&tag=httpexplaguid-20&index=books&link_code=qs&page=1   (715 words)

  
 Queen Kamamalu of Hawaii
Queen Consort Victoria Kamamalu was born in 1802.
In November of 1823, Queen Kamamalu traveled with her husband to London so he could negotiate an alliance between great Britain and Hawaii.
Queen Kamamalu died of measles in London on July 8, 1824.
www.hawaiitravelnewsletter.com /monarchy/queen-kamamalu.htm   (176 words)

  
 THE HANA HOU SERIES
Daughter of Kinau, Kamamalu was the fourth Kuhina Nui.
She ruled together with King Kamehameha IV and after her death the office of Kuhina Nui was discontinued.
Of course the King did not approve and as Kuhina Nui she had to sign the papers that would banish him from Hawai`i.
holoholo.org /hanahou/hhpart32.html   (938 words)

  
 Hawaiian Aliis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
By this act, the most notable of his reign, Liholiho destroyed the only religion the Hawaiians knew, thus leaving a clear field for the Protestant missionaries who, incidentally, began arriving in the islands only six months later.
Queen Kamamalu, a six-foot seven-inch chiefess, contracted measles during a visit to England.
They both died in London but their bodies were returned to Hawaii for burial.
www.univartists.com /hawaii/aliis.htm   (1280 words)

  
 Body Art - Hawaiian and Polynesian tattooing
Images: The copperline engravings of the Polynesians originated from sketches done by european artists visiting various islands in the South Pacific during the early 1800's.
Queen Kamamalu had a tattoo applied to her tongue as an expression of her deep grief when her mother-in-law died in the 1820s.
Missionary William Ellis watched the procedure, commenting to the queen that she must be undergoing great pain.
www.coffeetimes.com /tattoos.htm   (1130 words)

  
 Choices
Traffic counts show that, in the absence of alternative routes, additional roadway capacity is needed at least as far east as the DHHL Office, and probably to the subdivisions to the east (e.g., Puunani, Kamuela Heights, etc.), although traffic counts are not available between the DHHL Office and Mud Lane.
The pavement of the County portion of Mamalahoa Hwy from the Kamamalu Rd intersection to the Mud Lane intersection is falling apart, with potholes everywhere.
The $500,000 that the County had budgeted to repair this section of road is insufficient because the road base was not constructed properly to begin with.
www.waimeaplan.org /issues/roadways/choices.html   (1471 words)

  
 Ohi'a Republic Kona Coffee Company - 100% Kona Coffee   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Kona coffee was brought to Hawaii from Rio de Janeiro in 1825 by the Hawaiian chief Boki who was the Governor of Oahu.
Chief Boki was returning to Hawaii on the british war ship H.M.S. Blonde with the bodies of King Kamehameha II and Queen Kamamalu who had died in London from measles during a state visit.
The beans were brought to the Kona coast in 1828 by Reverend Samuel Ruggles.
www.ohiarep.com /store.html   (162 words)

  
 Geography of Honolulu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The Princess Victoria Kamamalu Building, which is located at 1010 Richard Street was built in 1957 by Hawaiian Trust Co, known today as Pacific Century Trust.
Princess Victoria Kihe'ahe'alani Kamamalu was the sister of Kamehameha IV and V and the last direct female descendent of Kamehameha the Great.
I had to visit the Professional and Vocational Licensing department in order to become a car salesperson.
www2.hawaii.edu /~fongm/kamamalu_bldg.htm   (107 words)

  
 Nu'uanu, O'ahu -- A Native Place: 'Iolani Palace
So he’s really doing a kind of 'commuter kingship.' Finally in 1845 he realizes he must return.
"And lucky for him, Kekuanao'a had been building a wonderful, Greek-revival palace for Kamehameha III’s niece, Victoria Kamamalu, who was still a little girl.
And it is the finest house in town.
www.pacificworlds.com /nuuanu/native/native4.cfm   (883 words)

  
 Victoria Kamamalu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Queen Kamamalu, Queen Consort of King Kamehameha II.
Princess Victoria Kamamalu, sister of kings Kamehameha IV and Kamehameha V
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Victoria_Kamamalu   (93 words)

  
 Liholiho and Kamamalu die in London - Hawaii History - Short Stories
In June, Manuia, a steward to the party, caught measles and it spread to all in the entourage.
They had no resistance to the disease, and when Kamamalu also caught pneumonia, she died July 8th and a grieving Liholiho followed her, dying July 14th.
Boki, the ranking chief among the survivors, met with King George IV at Windsor before returning to the Islands with the royal bodies entombed in gilded caskets.
www.hawaiihistory.com /index.cfm?fuseaction=ig.page&PageID=278&returntoname=Short%20Stories&returntopageid=483   (187 words)

  
 St. Francis School Hawaii - Home
Students come from all over Hawaii, the U.S. mainland, Samoa, Fiji, Canada, Japan, Taiwan and Korea to study in a safe, friendly, and academically challenging environment.
The Varsity Softball came back from a 2 to 1 deficit to defeat Punahou yesterday at Kamamalu Park. Shannon Lum went 2 for 3 and Keala Bertufo went 3 for 3 includig a home run.
The Intermediate Softball team defeated Kamehameha Blue on Tuesday by the score of 12 to 4.  Pitisi Tualau went 3 for 3 including a triple and Taylor Asao went 3 for 3 including a homerun. 
www.stfrancis-oahu.org   (171 words)

  
 Island Scene Online
We crossed the Pacific on the Lurline and sailed into Honolulu Harbor with the Royal Hawaiian Band playing, hundreds of colorful streamers thrown by people standing on the dock, and young local men in the water diving for coins thrown from passengers on the ship.
My cousin, Hugo Tanner, and his father, Uncle Bill, were at the dock to help transport our family of seven to my grandfather's home at the corner of 'Iolani and Kamamalu Avenues.
As we turned into Kamamalu Avenue, there in the front yard of the "Big House" was the brightest, most beautiful tree I had ever seen in my life.
www.islandscene.com /Article.aspx?id=2512   (369 words)

  
 Kona Coffee plus Maui Coffee direct from the Hawaiian coffee roaster Maui Coffee Co   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
That planting eventually failed, but in 1825 Chief Boki, Governor of Oahu, brought coffee to Hawaii aboard the British warship H.M.S. Blonde.
This ship was returning to Hawaii the bodies of King Kamehameha II and Queen Kamamalu, who had died in London from measles during a state visit.
Chief Boki, in charge of the funeral party, had acquired coffee plants in Rio de Janeiro during the long voyage.
www.mauicoffeeco.com /mn_hawaii_histort.html   (781 words)

  
 Kamamalu Korean Bbq in Honolulu - Reviews on RateLocal.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Kamamalu Korean Bbq in Honolulu - Reviews on RateLocal.com
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www.rateitall.com /i-656098-.aspx   (125 words)

  
 Honolulu Star-Bulletin Hawaii News
The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs has relocated most of its offices from the aging Kamamalu Building several hundred feet away to the former U.S. Post Office Building, Customs House and Court Building.
Linda Lingle and U.S. Postmaster General John Potter are scheduled to mark the move tomorrow morning with a blessing and dedication ceremony at the renovated 81-year-old building renamed a year ago as the King Kalakaua building.
Meanwhile, the 46-year-old Kamamalu Building, is expected to undergo renovations to address safety and health concerns, state Comptroller Russ Saito said.
www.starbulletin.com /2003/12/28/news/story8.html   (237 words)

  
 Mark Twain in Sacramento Union - #14
I find Hawaiian politics in a state of unusual stir on account of the death of the King's sister.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Victoria Kamamalu Kaahumanu, heir presumptive to the crown.
She was something over twenty-seven years old, and had never been married, although she was formally betrothed to Prince William and the marriage day appointed more than once, but circumstances interfered and the nuptials were never consummated.
www.twainquotes.com /18660716u.html   (3071 words)

  
 Flavorful Coffees and Creamy Macadamia Nuts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Though macadamia devotees may find it hard to believe, macadamia trees were first imported into Hawaii for landscaping and establishing pleasant woodlands, and only later were cultivated for their tasty, unusual nuts.
Coffee was first transported to the Hawaiian Islands via a British gunship that was carrying home the bodies of King Kamehameha II and Queen Kamamalu, who had died of measles during a state visit to London.
The ship took coffee trees aboard during a stopover for supplies in Rio de Janeiro.
www.ars.usda.gov /is/AR/archive/jun04/coffee0604.htm   (936 words)

  
 Kauai Vacation Rental - House
Road to Waimea Canyon and Kalalau Lookout are just minutes away as well.
We are descendants of the Sinclair/Robinson family who arrived in 1864 and purchased the island of Niihau from King Kamehameha V. The land where this house sits and all the surrounding lands, the ahupua'a of Makaweli, was purchased from Victoria Kamamalu, granddaughter of King Kamehameha I, a few years later.
We offer a taste of Old Hawai'i here in Makaweli.
www.vrbo.com /71742   (451 words)

  
 Virtual Essays - Free Essays on Hawaiian Chant termpapers and book reports!
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FREE ESSAYS Hawaiian Chant From what I understand the chant Kamamalu was sung sometime during a trip to England.
I think it has a really solemn and somewhat sad mood to it.
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