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Portuguese Immigration to Hawaii
Information about the first Portuguese immigrants in
Hawaii including where they came from and why they
moved to Hawaii.
According to some accounts, the first European
to find the Hawaiian Islands may have been a sea captain from
Portugal who was sailing under the flag of Spain,
approximately 200 years before Captain Cook arrived.
The first Portuguese contract laborers
came to Hawaii from the Azores and the Madeira Islands
many of them arrived between 1877 and 1884.
By 1884 there were nearly
10,000 Portuguese workers in Hawaii
and by the early 1900's there were more
then 15,000. For more information about
Portuguese Immigration see
Historic Facts about Portuguese Immigration to Brazil
on the official Web site of the Brazilian Cultural Center of Hawaii.
See also:
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Portuguese Culture in Hawaii
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Other Ethnic Cultures in Hawaii
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Immigration of Ethnic Groups to Hawaii
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