Born of a titanic volcanic eruption, and estimated to be over five million years old, Kauai has existed longer than every other major Hawaiian island. Kauai is also the only island that was not conquered by King Kamehameha I in the early nineteenth century. Kaumualii, ruler of Kauai, simply forfeited...
Kauai's first inhabitants appeared around the 5th century A.D. Over a thousand years passed before Captain James Cook, in obvious need of a better map, "discovered" the island while voyaging to Alaska. Kauai remained the last independent Hawaiian island until King Kaumualaii offered it...