Emma, Queen of Hawaii collection 1865

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Emma, Queen of Hawaii collection 1865

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SNAC Resource ID: 6285287

Scott Polar Research Institute

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Hall, Charles Francis, 1821-1871

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Charles Francis Hall (b. 1821 - d. November 8, 1871) In 1849, he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he established a small seal-engraving business and, in the late 1850s, two small newspapers, the Cincinnati Occasional and the Daily Press . Developing a keen interest in the Arctic, he decided to mount an expedition to search for survivors of Sir John Franklin's missing Northwest Passage expedition of 1845-1848. In 1860, Hall travelled to the east coast of the United States where he met...

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Emma, Queen of Hawaii 1836-1855

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High Chiefess Emma Kalanikaumakaʻamano Kaleleonālani Naʻea Rooke was born on January 2, 1836 in Honolulu. She was often called Emalani ("Royal Emma"). Her father was George Naea and her mother was High Chiefess Fanny Kekelaokalani Young, she was adopted under the Hawaiian tradition of hānai by her maternal aunt High Chiefess Grace Kamaʻikuʻi Young Rooke and husband, Dr. Thomas Charles Byde Rooke. A royal member of the Kamehameha dynasty, through her great grandfather, Kealiʻimaikai, a brother...