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Honolulu Harbor

A busy port and gateway to the South Pacific, January 24, 1853

Bustling even by moonlight, Honolulu is shown as a busy port by the 1850's. Here, Donald McKay's famous clipper ship "Sovereign of the Seas" is shown at Robinson's Wharf - far right - being reprovisioned during a voyage to China for the tea trade.

While she was in harbor, even the King of Hawai'i visited this remarkable vessel. In the middle ground, a whaler is tied up at the Market House Wharf.

Smaller interisland packets, such as the "Pa'u" in the foreground, are being heavily laden with chickens, pigs, horses and human passengers bound for the outer islands.

22 x 30 in. lithograph - 275 edition (remarques available)