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Letter from the Red Sea
Kalākaua1881-06-18
The Friends of ʻIolani Palace
Honolulu, United States
Page 5 of a letter handwritten by King Kalakaua as he travels north on the Red Sea. He mentions a solitary island with a shoal and sandy bottom with a lighthouse and remarks how "a singular object was indeed relieving to us". Near the center of the page is a sketch of the island with the lighthouse location.
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- Title: Letter from the Red Sea
- Creator: King Kalakaua
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: San Francisco, California
- Creator Birth Place: Hawaii
- Date: 1881-06-18
- Date Created: 1881-06-18
- Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
- Rights: Courtesy of the Hawaii State Archives, F.O. & Ex. - 1881, King Kalakaua Letters Trip Around World
- Medium: Communication, Correspondence, Document
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