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Colonel Curtis Piʻehu Iʻaukea was a prominent official and diplomat of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi, attending events such as the [[1883]] coronation of Tsar Alexander II and the [[1887]] Golden Jubilee of [[Queen Victoria]] as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary. He is sometimes cited as the second Hawaiian to ever circumnavigate the globe, King [[Kalakaua]] being the first in [[1881]],<ref>Sydney L. Iaukea, "Camera Ready," in Aloys N.M. Fleischmann et al (eds.), ''Narratives of Citizenship: Indigenous and Diasporic Peoples Unsettle the Nation-State'', University of Alberta (2012), 230n15.</ref> but Kalakaua was accompanied by [[Charles H. Judd]], [[William N. Armstrong]], and a personal valet, making Iʻaukea perhaps the fifth (still a very noteworthy distinction).

Colonel Curtis Piʻehu Iʻaukea was a prominent official and diplomat of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi, attending events such as the [[1883]] coronation of Tsar Alexander II and the [[1887]] Golden Jubilee of [[Queen Victoria]] as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary. He is sometimes cited as the second Hawaiian to ever circumnavigate the globe, King [[Kalakaua]] being the first in [[1881]],<ref>Sydney L. Iaukea, "Camera Ready," in Aloys N.M. Fleischmann et al (eds.), ''Narratives of Citizenship: Indigenous and Diasporic Peoples Unsettle the Nation-State'', University of Alberta (2012), 230n15.</ref> but Kalakaua was accompanied by [[Charles H. Judd]], [[William N. Armstrong]], and a personal valet, making Iʻaukea perhaps the fifth (still a very noteworthy distinction).

Following his time in Moscow and St. Petersburg as envoy to the tsar's coronation, Iʻaukea traveled to Berlin, Vienna, Belgrade, London, and Rome, before turning back east and visiting India and Japan on his way home to Hawaiʻi. During his brief time in Japan, and in written correspondences afterward, he played a prominent role in negotiations with Japanese Foreign Minister [[Inoue Kaoru]] and others regarding [[Japanese immigration to Hawaii]].

Following his time in Moscow and St. Petersburg as envoy to the tsar's coronation, Iʻaukea traveled to Berlin, Vienna, Belgrade, London, and Rome, before turning back east and visiting India and Japan on his way home to Hawaiʻi. During his brief time in Japan in 1884,<ref>Franklin Odo and Kazuko Sinoto, ''A Pictorial History of the Japanese in Hawaii 1885-1924'', Bishop Museum (1985), 17.</ref> and in written correspondences afterward, he played a prominent role in negotiations with Japanese Foreign Minister [[Inoue Kaoru]] and others regarding [[Japanese immigration to Hawaii]].

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