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Kalakaua I., King of the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii), 1881. 'His Majesty King Kalakaua I., who arrived in England from Germany last week, and is staying at Claridge's Hotel, succeeded to the throne of Hawaii, more commonly called by us the Sandwich Islands, in February, 1874, on the death of King Lunalilo I., who left no children. His accession was disputed in vain by a party of Hawaiians, who would have preferred Queen Emma, the widow of Kamehameha IV., a lady who visited this country some years ago. Kalakaua is a gentleman of as good education and as good manners as most of the upper classes in the European nations...He is forty-four years of age...The population of the Hawaiian Archipelago has greatly diminished since its discovery by Captain Cook, who lost his life there by the hands of savages a hundred years ago. There are now scarcely more than fifty thousand of this interesting race of people in all the islands, seven of which are inhabited. The town of Honolulu, their chief port, is well built, and has about fourteen thousand inhabitants...The name of his Queen is Kapiolani, and many English ladies wish that she had accompanied her husband in this visit to Europe'. From "Illustrated London News", 1881. Creator: Unknown. (Photo by The Print Collector/Heritage Images via Getty Images)