SS Priscilla

The Priscilla is a wooden bark that is historically significant for being the first of several ships to bring Portuguese immigrants to the Hawaiian Islands, the Priscilla arriving on 30 September 1878 to Honolulu harbor with 120 settlers recruited from the Madeira Islands of Portugal.[1][2][3]

Ad in the 12 April 1861 issue of the Natal Mercury for passage from South Africa to London on the Priscilla.
Not to be confused with Priscilla (sloop).

See also

References
  1. "The bark Priscilla". The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. Honolulu, Hawaii. September 14, 1878. p. 2. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  2. "Arrival of the Portuguese Immigrants". The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. Honolulu, Hawaii. October 5, 1878. p. 2. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  3. Marques, A. (1886). Thrum, Thomas G. (ed.). "Portuguese immigration to the Hawaiian Islands" (PDF). Hawaiian Almanac and Annual for 1887 - A Handbook of Information. Honolulu, Hawaii: Press Publishing Company: 74–78.


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