Prototropic 0.1: Honolulu and Rio

Hot Tropics | Prototropic 0.1 / Lindsea Kemp Wilbur
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King Kalakaua and his staff on the footsteps of Iolani Palace
with the president of America often. A practical visionary, Iolani Palace was the first to boast electric lights
and indoor plumbing. Six ancient kings ruled over a united Hawaiian people before the time of Kalakaua
and his electric lights and Western philosophers. Long ago, when Hawaii was governed by many separate
chiefs, it was written in the early Hawaiian legends a great warrior would unite the islands, and a light in
the sky would indicate his birth. The prophecy was fulfilled: Hailey’s commit soared over the quiet beaches
and coconut groves in 1758 and, coincidence or not, King Kamehameha (meaning “the lonely one”) was born.
By the time both Cook and Metcalfe had arrived, 20 years old Kamehameha was in the process of conquering
the 9 islands to replace the 9 separate warring chieftains. Thanks to western weapons 1 , Kamehameha, in
1810, was able to conquer the islands. Was it a mistake now to have greeted Cook as the god of war?
John Young and Isaac Davis, kidnapees from Metcalfe’s ship, joined Kamehameha as official advisors. Both
from a small village outside of Leeds in the south of England, these advisors to the king were born worse
than working class. With nothing better to do, they jumped on a ship leaving home without a look back,
worked their way up to managerial positions, only to find themselves curiously kidnapped and made chief
1. After Captain Cook’s visit to Hawaii in 1790, Kamehameha I discovered modern, western weapons
such as rifles and cannons and the chieftain used those weapons to conquer all the islands