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TitleHagoth’s Lost Ships and Hawaii
Publication TypeMagazine Article
Year of Publication1924
Secondary AuthorsAnderson, Edward H., and Heber J. Grant
MagazineImprovement Era
Volume27
Issue Number5
Pagination482–483
Date PublishedMarch 1924
KeywordsHagoth; Hawaii; Polynesia
Abstract

In this article, the episode about Hagoth and his sea-venturing ships is quoted from Alma 63 and the theory advanced that the Polynesians descended from Book of Mormon peoples who sailed to Hawaii. It also compares rituals and customs of the ancient Hawaiians with the Israelites.