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Owyhee or
Owhyhee is an
older English spelling of Hawaiʻi, used in the late 18th and
early 19th centuries. It is
found in the
names of
certain locations...
- (supreme monarch) of the
island of Hawaiʻi. He was
called Terreeoboo, King of
Owhyhee by
James Cook and
other Europeans. His name has also been
written as Kaleiopuu...
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stopping in Hawaii. One of his
ships used on the
trading voyages was
called "
Owhyhee" (an
older transcription of 'O Hawai'i). The
captain married Mary Lambert...
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voyage to Hawaiʻi. In his report, he
wrote the name of the
islands as "
Owhyhee" or "Owhyee". In 1822, a
writing system based on one
similar to the new...
- name of the
island was originally rendered and
published as "Owyhee" or "
Owhyhee". It is
uncertain when Hawaiʻi was
first discovered by humans.
Early archaeological...
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William Mission Ellis (1827).
Narrative of a Tour
Through Hawaii, Or,
Owhyhee, with
Observations on the
Natural History of the
Sandwich Islands. H. Fisher...
- by
British explorer James Cook and his crew members. They
wrote it as "
Owhyhee" or "Owhyee". It is
written "Oh-Why-hee" on the
first map of
Sandwich Islands...
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indicated their poverty, and
proved what had been
frequently ****erted at
Owhyhee, that
Mowee and its
neighbouring islands were
reduced to
great indigence...
- then with
Peter Skene Ogden (1790–1854), in 1825), on
which he
notes "
Owhyhee River" (his spelling).
Journal entries in 1826 by
Peter Skene Ogden, a...
- Islands,
exclaiming that "All of
Siberia might be
supplied by
sugar from
Owhyhee". On
board the Nadezhda,
Rezanov and the
remaining crew
under Adam Johann...
