Wynee

Engraving of Wynee, a Native of Owyhee, one of the Sandwich Islands by a member of John Meares's crew
Engraving of Tianna, a Prince of Atooi, who traveled with Wynee during the last leg of her journey home and was beside her at her death

Wynee, also spelled Winee or Winée, was the first Native Hawaiian from the Hawaiian Islands to travel abroad on a Western ship. She traveled to British Columbia and China before dying on the voyage home to Hawaii.[1][2]

  1. ^ Day 1984, p. 8.
  2. ^ Ronck 1995, p. 6.

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