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Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 302
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Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History
Author: Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History
Author: Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History
Author: Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History
Author: Bernice Pauahi Bishop MuseumPublisher: Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN: 9781230108636
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Languages : en
Pages : 286
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ...kapa mai nei me he manii la.)" And the red star, situated in the lap of the goats (i ka poli 0 na kao) was called Makalii after the navigator's name. And some other red stars in the circle of the Pleiades (ma ka /ionaha 0 na lzuhui) were called the Huhui-a-Makalii. So they steered straight onward and arrived at the easternmost island (ka moku hikina loa.) They went ashore and found the country fertile and pleasant, filled with awa, coconut trees, etc., and Hawaii Loa, the chief, called that land after his own name. Here they dwelt a long time and when their vessel was filled with food and with fish, they returned to their native country with the firm intention to come back to Hawaii-nei which they preferred to their own country. They had left their wives and children at home; therefore they returned to fetch them. And when they arrived at their own country and among their relations, they were detained a long time before they set out again for Hawaii. At last Hawaii Loa started again, accompanied by his wife and his children and dwelt in Hawaii and gave up all thought of ever returning to his native land. He was accompanied also in this voyage by a great multitude of people (ka lehulehn), steersmen, navigators, shipbuilders and this and that sort of people. Hawaii Loa was chief of all this people, and he alone brought his wife and children. All the others came singly without women. Hence Hawaii Loa is called the special progenitor of this nation. On their voyage hither the Morning Star (ka Hokn Loa) was the special star that they steered by. And Hawaii Loa called the islands after the names of his children and the stars after his navigators and steersmen. After Hawaii Loa had been some time in this country (Hawaii nei), he made...
Memoirs Of The Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum Of Polynesian Ethnology And Natural History (Volume Iv)
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ISBN: 9789354215049
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Languages : en
Pages : 676
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This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History
Author: Bernice Pauahi Bishop MuseumPublisher:
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Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
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Memoirs Of The Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum Of Polynesian Ethnology And Natural History (Volume Vi)
Author: Publisher: Alpha Edition
ISBN: 9789354217678
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 590
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This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
Memoirs Of The Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum Of Polynesian Ethnology And Natural History (Volume I)
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ISBN: 9789354214684
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Languages : en
Pages : 672
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This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History
Author: Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 542
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