The Great Ones · Oceania

Kamehameha I

c. 1758–1819

Unified the Hawaiian Islands into a single kingdom.

Kamehameha I (c. 1758–1819) endures among the great of Oceania. Unified the Hawaiian Islands into a single kingdom.

Across the modern age, this life and its works passed into the shared inheritance of humankind — kept here so the memory is never lost.

Honored among the Great Ones of every civilization. Africa is the cradle of humankind; in the deepest sense, these are everyone’s ancestors — and so this name is kept, from the cradle of humanity to all its children.

Submitted with honor.

Submitted by the Honored Ancestors Editorial Committee.