A gracious welcome and then killed.  Sounds like the typical fate of a mainland visitor.  Anyway I prefer Shoal of Time: A History of the Hawaiian Islands by Gavan Daws.  Fact based history of the islands from the ethnic cleansing of the Marquesas  by the "Native Hawaiians" through the iron nail exploits of the locals through the present day.  As for the Spanish ask them about the Peninsular Campaign or the Civil War of the 30's and their love for outsiders.