<P> The history of Hawaii describes the era of human settlements in the Hawaiian Islands . That history begins sometime between 124 and 800 CE , with some theories dating the earliest Polynesian settlements to the 10th or even 13th century . Around 1200 , Tahitian explorers found and began settling the area . This began the rise of the Hawaiian civilization . It remained isolated from the rest of the world for another 500 years . </P>
when did the first immigrants come to hawaii
Around 1200