2000, ISBN: 0710302916

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[EAN: 9780710302915], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Kegan Paul International, London], HAWAII, CIRCUMNAVIGATION, KALAKAUA, ROYALTY, TRAVEL, EGYPT, INDIA, POLYGAMY, GRAND TOUR, CLARI… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780710302915], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Kegan Paul International, London], HAWAII, CIRCUMNAVIGATION, KALAKAUA, ROYALTY, TRAVEL, EGYPT, INDIA, POLYGAMY, GRAND TOUR, CLARIDGE, NATIONALISM, PACIFIC, xviii, 290, [2] pages. Frontis illustration. Foreword by Kaori O'Connor. Illustrations. The author was the member of the Cabinet of Kalakaua, the last King of Hawaii. William Nevins Armstrong (March 10, 1835 - October 16, 1905), was the Attorney General of Hawaii during the reign of King David Kal kaua. He is most widely known outside of Hawaii for the book Around the World with a King, his insider account of Kal kaua's 1881 world tour. When King Kal kaua visited New York City on his way to Washington, D.C. to negotiate the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875, Armstrong was his liaison with the city. He was invited to participate in Kal kaua's 1881 world tour, an endeavor to encourage plantation labor immigration to Hawaii. Before sailing, Kal kaua appointed him Royal Commissioner of Immigration to authorize him to negotiate with foreign governments. This journey began in 1887 and took King Kalakaua to the Unites States of America, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Siam, Singapore, Malaya, India, Egypt, Rome, London, Belgium, Vienna, Spain, Portugal, France, and back to Hawaii through the United States again. A unique and insightful glimpse into these states and elites at the end of the nineteenth century full of fascinating events, encounters and stories. William Armstrong accompanied the King as a member of His Majesty's Government and Royal Commissioner for Immigration. His account of this remarkable circumnavigation, the first ever for a monarch, is told with humor and insight, although not always with sympathy for the King's aspirations or ideals. The book is a gem of Hawaiian literature. It provides us with insights into the personality of King Kalakaua, and into the mind of Mr. Armstrong. We are given fascinating glimpses of the courts of both Eastern and Western countries, including the Japanese Royal Court and that of Queen Victoria of England. Mr. Armstrong sometimes views his royal master with a jaundiced eye, but, to the reader, King Kalakaua emerges unscathed. Song writer, bon vivant, able politician, scholar, gentleman, and humanist, Kalakaua was devoted to his Hawaiian subjects and the to him. Nicknamed the Merry Monarch, he has, with the passing of time, emerged as a highly significant personality who has been more appropriately named the Magnificent Monarch. Reprint edition. First Published thus [stated] Presumed first printing thus., Books<

2001, ISBN: 0710302916

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[EAN: 9780710302915], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Routledge], Has some light general reading/shelfwear - otherwise, this is a clean, tight copy. Dispatch within 24hrs from the UK., Books