Isaac Davis (Hawaii)

Isaac Davis was a British advisor to Kamehameha I and helped form the Kingdom of Hawaii. He arrived in Hawaii in 1790 as the sole survivor of the massacre of the crew of The Fair American. He along with John Young became friends and advisors to Kamehameha. He brought western military knowledge to Hawaii and played a prominent role during Hawaiis first contacts with the European powers. He spent the rest of his life in Hawai i and was known to the Hawaiian as Aikake.

Isaac Davis was born about 1726 in Action, Ma. He was a seaman on the American schooner Fair American, engaged with a larger companion ship, the Eleanora, in the maritime fur trade between the Pacific Northwest and China.

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