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Sandwich Islands, 1867

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In this Alternate History Timeline, in the year 1843, Lord George Paulet, the man in charge of ceding the islands to the United Kingdom gains full control as the Governor-General of the Sandwich Islands. King Kamehameha III was to stay as a ceremonial leader of the islands, and his family would continue to hold that position.

The capital city, Honolulu, gets renamed "Cooktown," to commemorate Captain James Cook's death in the islands, and Cook becomes a symbol of the Sandwich Islands.

By the year 1854, the Island Chain becomes a full colony of the British Empire, and becomes a new destination for large, wealthy, British families, as well as entrepreneurs. The rich, fertile land becomes great for the growing of tropical crops, namely pineapple, and the American Dole family founds a successful business there.

The natives of the islands are generally happy under British rule, however, some independence groups start to rise in the 1850's, such as the infamous group known as Hanohano Hana Hawa'ii. 
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Nice map! Was Cooktown named after the place in Australia, by any chance? =)