Download or read book Sailing for the Sun written by Toy Len Chang and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sailing for the Sun celebrates in 1989 the bicentenary of the arrival of the first Chinese in the Hawaiian Islands. In 1789, the Islands had not yet been united as a kingdom under Kamehameha; the various Islands were ruled by high chiefs for several more years. The Islands, "discovered" just a scant 11 years before by the British Captain James Cook, were a beautiful chain of lush lands, soaring volcanic mountains, with a moderate climate and a relatively sparse population.