ocr: IPATIIS NINS REATIN T IVIA The Big Island was the first landfall of voyaging Polynesians, the last landtall of English explorer Captain Cook, and both birthplace and launch point for the unification of the islands by Fodors Choice sites Kamehameha worth seeing. I. All Hilo are is well the oldest represented port by and historical largest - à city on the island. Located in the tropical district, it is also the largest orchid-growing region in the world and gateway to the active volcano areas. Thick steam billows ruriously where red lava still plunges to the sea. The Lava Tree State Monument mar ...
