Charles Samuel Stewart

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Charles Samuel Stewart (* 1795 in Flemington (New Jersey) ; † 1870 ) was an American missionary to the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii). He studied law and theology at Princeton. He wrote a two-volume travelogue about his South Seas voyage as Chaplain in the US Navy in 1929 and 1830 ( A Visit To The South Seas ).

The travel report includes u. a. a description of surfing by the locals, as well as a relatively detailed description of the surfboards used for it .

Works

  • A Visit to the South Seas, in the United States' Ship Vincennes, during the Years 1829 and 1830; Including Scenes in Brazil, Peru, Manilla, the Cape of Good Hope, and St. Helena. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1832 digitized I , II
  • Mission visit to the northeastern archipelago of the Pacific in 1829. (Magazine for the latest history of the Evangelical Mission and Bible Societies. Ed. By the British and Foreign Bible Society. Year 1839. First quarterly issue). Basel, Missions-Institut, 1839 digitized
  • William Ellis (Ed.): Journal of a residence in the Sandwich islands, during the years 1823, 1824, and 1825: including remarks on the manners and customs of the inhabitants; an account of Lord Byron's visit in HMS Blonde. London, H. Fisher, Son, and Jackson, 1828 Digitized (London , New York editions)

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SURNAME Stewart, Charles Samuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American missionary
DATE OF BIRTH 1795
PLACE OF BIRTH Flemington, New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH 1870