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C. S. (Charles Samuel) Stewart
1795–1870
A missionary, naval chaplain, and travel writer, he left vivid firsthand accounts of Hawaiʻi and the wider Pacific in the 1820s and 1830s. His books combine observation, adventure, and the perspective of an American visitor watching a changing world.
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Brazil and La Plata: The personal record of a cruise
by C. S. (Charles Samuel) Stewart
About the author
Born in 1795, Charles Samuel Stewart first studied law, but changed course and entered the ministry. Records from the Litchfield Ledger note that he left legal studies to pursue theology and later served as a missionary in the Sandwich Islands, now Hawaiʻi.
Stewart is best remembered for his travel writing. The Online Books Page and other catalog records list works including Journal of a Residence in the Sandwich Islands and A Visit to the South Seas, books drawn from his experiences in Hawaiʻi and from later Pacific voyages. These writings helped introduce many 19th-century readers to the islands, Pacific travel, and cross-cultural encounters in that era.
He later served as a chaplain in the U.S. Navy and died in 1870. His work still attracts readers interested in early American travel narratives, missionary history, and firsthand descriptions of the Pacific world.