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The History of Hawaiʻi
From the First Voyagers to the Fiftieth State
From Polynesian wayfinders steering by the stars to statehood: the story of Hawaiʻi, era by era.
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CoversHawaiʻi from settlement to statehood
InsideEras, people, historic sites
SeriesDiscover Hawaii
Edition2027
Inside this book
Everything you need for The History of Hawaiʻi.
Hawaiʻi was settled by some of the greatest navigators in history, who crossed thousands of kilometres of open Pacific without instruments. What followed was a kingdom, contact with the wider world, the overthrow of a queen and, in 1959, statehood.
This book tells that story clearly and fairly, with the historic sites you can visit today on every island.
- Wayfindersthe voyages that settled the islands
- Ancient Hawaiʻisociety, kapu, hula, chant and language
- The kingdomKamehameha the Great, contact, missionaries and the Māhele
- Overthrow to statehoodthe end of the kingdom and the road to 1959
- 25 historic siteswhere to see the history for yourself
From the book
Maps and pages from inside.
A few of the spreads you will find in The History of Hawaiʻi: our own maps, chapter openers and the pages that plan your trip.
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