A Residence of Twenty-One Years in the Sandwich Islands

E943008

book memoir missionary memoir

A Residence of Twenty-One Years in the Sandwich Islands is a 19th-century missionary memoir by Hiram Bingham I recounting his experiences and observations in Hawaii over two decades.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Disambiguation Statements Elicitation Referenced by

All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
A Residence of Twenty-One Years in the Sandwich Islands canonical	1
A Residence of Twenty-One Years in the Sandwich Islands; or, The Civil, Religious, and Political History of the Sandwich Islands	1
Mission to the Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11725595 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: A Residence of Twenty-One Years in the Sandwich Islands
Context triple: [Hiram Bingham I, notableWork, A Residence of Twenty-One Years in the Sandwich Islands]

A. A Peep at Polynesian Life
A Peep at Polynesian Life is the subtitle of Herman Melville’s 1846 semi-autobiographical travel narrative Typee, which recounts his experiences among the indigenous people of the Marquesas Islands.
B. Hawaii (novel)
Hawaii is a 1959 historical novel by James A. Michener that chronicles the multicultural settlement and transformation of the Hawaiian Islands over several centuries.
C. Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition
Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition is a multi-volume 19th-century account by Charles Wilkes detailing the U.S. Navy’s pioneering global scientific and exploratory voyage of 1838–1842.
D. A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean
A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean is the official multi-volume account of Captain James Cook’s final expedition, detailing his explorations in the North Pacific and the circumstances leading to his death in Hawaii.
E. The Hawaiians
The Hawaiians were a short-lived professional American football team based in Honolulu that competed in the World Football League during the mid-1970s.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: A Residence of Twenty-One Years in the Sandwich Islands
Target entity description: A Residence of Twenty-One Years in the Sandwich Islands is a 19th-century missionary memoir by Hiram Bingham I recounting his experiences and observations in Hawaii over two decades.

A. A Peep at Polynesian Life
A Peep at Polynesian Life is the subtitle of Herman Melville’s 1846 semi-autobiographical travel narrative Typee, which recounts his experiences among the indigenous people of the Marquesas Islands.
B. Hawaii (novel)
Hawaii is a 1959 historical novel by James A. Michener that chronicles the multicultural settlement and transformation of the Hawaiian Islands over several centuries.
C. Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition
Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition is a multi-volume 19th-century account by Charles Wilkes detailing the U.S. Navy’s pioneering global scientific and exploratory voyage of 1838–1842.
D. A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean
A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean is the official multi-volume account of Captain James Cook’s final expedition, detailing his explorations in the North Pacific and the circumstances leading to his death in Hawaii.
E. The Hawaiians
The Hawaiians were a short-lived professional American football team based in Honolulu that competed in the World Football League during the mid-1970s.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ memoir ⓘ missionary memoir ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	A Residence of Twenty-One Years in the Sandwich Islands; or, The Civil, Religious, and Political History of the Sandwich Islands ⓘ linked to: A Residence of Twenty-One Years in the Sandwich Islands
associatedWith	American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions ⓘ Hawaiian mission ⓘ
author	Hiram Bingham I ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
describes	Hawaiian culture ⓘ Hawaiian language learning by missionaries ⓘ Hawaiian monarchy ⓘ Protestant missions in Hawaii ⓘ conversion to Christianity in Hawaii ⓘ social change in Hawaii ⓘ
documents	activities of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in Hawaii ⓘ interactions between missionaries and Hawaiian royalty ⓘ introduction of Christianity to the Hawaiian Islands ⓘ introduction of Western education in Hawaii ⓘ
genre	memoir ⓘ religious literature ⓘ travel literature ⓘ
hasPerspective	Protestant missionary viewpoint ⓘ
historicalValue	primary source on early 19th-century Hawaii ⓘ
influenced	later histories of Christian missions in Hawaii ⓘ perceptions of Hawaii among 19th-century American readers ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	19th-century missionary work ⓘ Christian missions ⓘ Hawaii ⓘ
setting	Hawaiian Kingdom ⓘ linked to: Kingdom of Hawaii Sandwich Islands ⓘ linked to: Hawaiian Islands
subjectOf	scholarly studies on Hawaiian historiography ⓘ scholarly studies on missionary narratives ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed	1820s ⓘ 1830s ⓘ 1840s ⓘ early 19th century ⓘ
titleContains	Sandwich Islands ⓘ linked to: Hawaiian Islands

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hiram Bingham I → notableWork → A Residence of Twenty-One Years in the Sandwich Islands ⓘ

George Q. Cannon → missionaryService → Mission to the Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands) ⓘ

linked to: A Residence of Twenty-One Years in the Sandwich Islands

A Residence of Twenty-One Years in the Sandwich Islands → alsoKnownAs → A Residence of Twenty-One Years in the Sandwich Islands; or, The Civil, Religious, and Political History of the Sandwich Islands ⓘ