Isaac Ridler

Isaac Ridler was an American beachcomber and an early European resident of the Hawaiian Islands, often described as a "beachcomber" a term for sailors who left their ships to live among islanders. He was the carpenter's mate on the American ship Columbia Rediviva and was left in Hawaii in the fall of 1788 to collect sandalwood. Ridler played a critical role in the early contact period between Hawaiians and Westerners. In 1790, he helped nurse Isaac Davis, the sole survivor of the Fair American massacre, back to health. Along with John Young, he was a key advisor to King Kamehameha I during the unification of the islands, though he eventually left for China and then New England in 1791. Ridler's later life and death in America remain undocumented in major historical records.
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Category:Beachcombers
Category:1750s births
Category:1800s deaths
Category:History of Hawaii
Category:18th-century American sailors