2007-06-01 10:57:37 · 5 answers · asked by americanchambermusic 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
"Estimates of the maximum ancient Hawaiian population vary from 200,000 to as high as a million by the date of the European "discovery" by Captain James Cook. The decline of traditional Hawaiian culture went together with a dramatic decline in the population of native Hawaiians. Thousands died from the many new diseases brought by Westerners; other thousands left to work aboard trading and whaling ships. Unfortunately, Hawaiians, an isolated people, were unusually vulnerable to introduced diseases: smallpox, measles, Hansen's disease, whooping cough, influenza, gonorrhea, took their toll. By 1920, pure Hawaiians numbered only 23,723 and their life expectancy was only 35 years! "
http://www.alternative-hawaii.com/hacul/history1.htm
2007-06-01 11:10:00 · answer #1 · answered by meg 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No census back then--try building a model that uses the island with the least population to date and reduce it by an arbitrary factor of say 70% and convert it to a ratio or population density per square mile and then apply that population density to all the square miles of the islands put together and use that as a starting point. Good luck!
2007-06-01 18:03:41 · answer #2 · answered by Miss Battery 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
~Prior to "contact" by the Tahitians, Hawaii was uninhabitted. As to indingenous "Hawaiians", there is no such animal.
2007-06-02 03:31:40 · answer #3 · answered by Oscar Himpflewitz 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hawaiians.
2007-06-01 18:03:23 · answer #4 · answered by regerugged 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
20 , 345 people.
2007-06-01 17:59:37 · answer #5 · answered by Heads up! 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋