The cartographic history of Hawai'i began with the arrival of explorer and chartmaker Captain James Cook in 1778. Between then and the mid-19th century, visitors to Hawai i produced a rich assortment of charts amid maps depicting the shores, harbors, towns, and volcanoes of the various islands. This volume traces the story of the mapping of Hawai i during the pivotal years in which the indigenous society was radically transformed by the peoples and ideas imported from the West. A major segment of The Early Mapping of Hawai i it examines the contribution of American missionaries in mapping Hawai i. Mostly produced at the seminary school at Lahainaluna, Maui, these maps introduced geographical education into the Hawaiian school system. Lahainaluna graduate S. P. Kalama produced a landmark map of the islands in 1838, one of the most significant maps in Hawaiian history. Nearly one hundred maps, views, portraits, and illustrations are reproduced here. Included are many charts and harbor plans pro¬duced by James Cook, William Bligh, George Vancouver, Otto von Kotzebue, Urey Lisiansky, Jean Francois de la Pérouse, Louis Duperrey, and Charles Wilkes. These charts document the early geography of Honolulu, Lahaina, Hilo, and Kailua, as well as many bays and harbors in the islands. Samuel Kamakau Award: Best Hawaii Book 1986-1993

The Early Mapping of Hawai'i (Palapala'aina, Vol 1)

History

Gary L. Fitzpatrick

Americas

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Modern Hawaiian history has an antecedent in a single historic episode, the mahele. In the 1840s, Kauikeaouli (Kamehameha III) abandoned traditional Hawaiian land tenure and adopted the Western concept of private ownership of property. Surveying the Mahele reveals how the complex disciplines of mapping and surveying, which reflect values of feudal European society that underlie modern concepts of land ownership, changed the destiny of Hawai'i. The book is lavishly illustrated with examples of mahele land surveys that range in scope from single home sites to a plat of one hundred thousand acres. In the matter of a few years, Hawai'i changed from a society in which the ali'i ai'moku, or king, served as stew¬ard of the land that belonged to the gods, to one in which he, the ali'i, or nobility, and the maka'ainana, or com¬moners, acquired outright ownership of land. Surveying the Mahele examines the work of the few professional surveyors, such as William Webster, whose work in Hawai'i was as fine as any in the world. It describes the efforts of missionaries John Emerson and William Patterson Alexander, who used their surveying skills to help their parishioners acquire land under the new laws passed as part of the mahele. Volume II also presents the work of notable Hawaiians, such as Samuel P. Kalama and John W. Makalena, who learned surveying from missionary teach¬ers and applied their art during the Mahele.

Surveying the Mahele: Mapping the Hawaiian Land Revolution (Palapala'aina, Vol. 2)

Riley Moore Moffat

In 1870, land records were chaotic in the Kingdom of Hawai'i as a result of often poor surveying during the mahele process. Under William DeWitt Alexander, an agency was established to survey and map the country. The Hawaiian Government Survey was an ambitious undertaking; the United States lacked a similar agency to map the entire country.Alexander shaped the HGS into a survey that achieved a high standard of proficiency, choosing not to emulate Western mapping agencies, but developing a uniquely Hawaiian approach to mapping the land.The HGS preserved the vestiges of the Hawaiian system of land tenure. Surveyors documented ancient boundaries, names of land units and features within them by employing and consulting with Hawaiians; preservation of references to that land system has been an important component in the preservation of Hawaiian culture.

Mapping the Lands and Waters of Hawai'i: The Hawaiian Government Survey(Palapala'aina, Vol.3)

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The Early Mapping of Hawai'i (Palapala'aina, Vol 1)

Surveying the Mahele: Mapping the Hawaiian Land Revolution (Palapala'aina, Vol. 2)

Mapping the Lands and Waters of Hawai'i: The Hawaiian Government Survey(Palapala'aina, Vol.3)