Buy this book on-line Hiram Bingham : A Residence of Twenty-One Years in the Sandwich Islands; or the Civil, Religious, and Political History of Those Islands: Comprising A Particular View of the Missionary Operations Connected with the Introduction and Progress of Christianity and Civilization among the Hawaiian People
H.D. Goodwin, Canandaigua, 1855
contemporary full cloth with blind stamp on upper and lower boards. Spine with 5 compartments of blind stamped bands, gilt lettering on two. Rebacked skillfully saving the original spine, Contemporary ink gift dedication on one of the free end papers dated 1860.
Slight gutteral water staining at the lower portion of the book not affecting the text, otherwise a very good copy., Large 8vo, P. frontis, title, printer’s imprint, dedication, (1), v-xvi, 17-616, (4), Contains 6 beautifully hand-coloured wood engraved plates, 1 folding map and steel engraved frontis portrait of the author.
“Probably the best work on the Sandwich Islands. Scarcely relates to America, except that the misionary operations were chiefly by Americans” (Sabin)
“Bingham was ordained as a Congregational minister in 1819 at Goshen, Connecticut, at the same time as his fellow missionary, Asa Thurston. The newly-married Bingham and his wife, Sybil Moseley Bingham, accompanied by Thurston and his wife, Ludy Goodale Thurston (q.v.), arrived in Honolulu in 1820, and spent the next 21 years in missionary work. The Binghams soon learned to speak Hawaiian, and worked with their fellow missionaries to create a written Hawaiian language. Together with the Rev. William Ellis (q.v.), Bingham printed the first Hawaiian book, a hymnal, in 1823. With his associates, Bingham also translated the Bible into Hawaiian. The Hawaiian King and Queen supported Bingham’s missionary work, and he was able to travel extensivley throughout the islands, collecting the impressions which appeared in this book, which was written after he finally left for the United States in 1840. There were additional Hartford editions in 1848 and 1849, and one published at Canandaigua, New York, in 1855. (Hill), Sabin 5432; Hill 127
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