Foreword
Reading edition
In presenting this reprint to our members the editor wishes to express his thanks to Professor W. T. Brigham of the Bishop Museum for furnishing him with a photograph of Captain Cook, from which the cut in this reprint was made; to Mr. John F. G. Stokes of the Bishop Museum for his assistance in identifying the Hawaiian names, and to Mr. J. W. Waldron for furnishing a typewritten copy of the book of which this is a reprint.
The modern Hawaiian names are inserted in brackets following those given in the text.
This reprint was edited and indexed for the Hawaiian Historical Society by Bruce Cartwright, Jr.