Ancient Hawaii - Hardcover

Kane, Herb Kawainui

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0943357039 ISBN 13: 9780943357034

Publisher: Kawainui Pr, 1998

Synopsis

How ancient Polynesian explorers found the Hawaiian Islands, the most remote in Earth's largest sea; how they navigated, how they viewed themselves and their universe, and the arts, crafts, and values by which they survived and prospered without metals or the fuels and inventions believed necessary for life today.

About this title

About the Author:

Herb Kawainui Kane (pronounced KAH-ney) is an artist-historian of Hawaii. Clients include many private collectors, The Hawaii State Foundation on Culture & the Arts, The National Park Service, National Geographic Magazine and other major publishers. He has designed stamps for the U.S. Postal Service and foreign philatelic agencies. He served as designer and first captain of the voyaging canoe replica Hokulea, which has logged more than 60,000 miles, navigated without instruments. Named a Living Treasure of Hawaii, he was a founding director of the Native Hawaiian Culture & Arts Program, and awarded the Charles Reed Bishop Medal from the Bishop Museum.

Review:

Joseph Kennedy review currently attached to Ancient Hawaii on Amazon.com web site. Another review is on www.hawaiibooks.com. A review is being sent to you by teacher Bill Taylor. Ancient Hawaii has also been reviewed by two Honolulu newspapers and a Hawaii Island newspaper. -- From the Publisher

About this edition

• Publisher: Kawainui Pr
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0943357039
• ISBN 13: 9780943357034
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 112