[Hawaii]: [Douglas, David]:

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THE HAWAIIAN SPECTATOR. A complete run of "the first literary and scientific periodical published in the Hawaiian Islands" (Forbes). THE HAWAIIAN SPECTATOR was a short-lived periodical based in Honolulu, originally printed in parts. Two volumes of four parts each were printed; a third volume was planned for 1840 and had begun soliciting articles, but never came to fruition. The SPECTATOR's proprietor was Peter A. Brinsmade, a Connecticut native and the "& Company" part of Ladd & Company. Ladd & Co. was an early Hawaiian business partnership notable for establishing the first commercial sugarcane plantation on the islands. Brinsmade also traveled throughout Europe on their behalf, looking for investors in an international land speculation scheme.THE HAWAIIAN SPECTATOR contains a wide array of articles related to Hawaii and the South Pacific in general. The contents, by a diverse group of authors including Hiram Bingham and translated works by native Hawaiians, discuss Hawaii's history, geology, environment, medicine, education, literature, language, and more. Some pieces in the first volume include "Sketch of Christmas Island" by Capt. George Benson (accompanied by an engraved map of the island made at the Lahainaluna Press), a similar article on Ocean Island with a map prepared in the same fashion, and "Introduction of the Gospel to Northwest America" by Hiram Bingham (with a long discussion of the Whitman and Spaulding mission, and featuring printed music with lyrics in Engl

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