Traveling to the islands of the world

The American city of royal descent, cover the Pacific Ocean. There is evidence that the Hawaiian Islands visited by the Spaniards discovered them in 1778 the legendary English explorer Cook named them the Sandwich Islands, but that name did not stick. The name of the Honolulu translated from Hawaiian means "sheltered bay" or "shelter". To match this bay of the island of Oahu and it was peace-loving citizens, at the beginning of the XIX century. established their kingdom. And in 1820 - ies here rushed American missionaries and pirates - the whalers. Past and built a city, having switched from illegal fishing on a completely legitimate production of sugar from local sugar cane and pineapple trade. Read the rest of this entry »