Yesterday in Hawaii: A Voyage Through Time is a descriptive account of Hawaii's long and colorful history shown through historical illustrations, photographs and modern-day photographs of Hawaii. Hawaii's history is a turbulent as it is colorful, developing from a group of chiefdoms into a kingdom, a provisional government, a republic, a territory and finally into a state of the United States. Its fragile ecosystem is filled with volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and tsunami, but yet it is somehow enduring. Yesterday in Hawaii welcomes you to take "a voyage through time" through the snapshots of the people and events that help illuminate Hawaii's yesterdays.

In 1897 the Hawaiian Kingdom's last monarch wrote this autobiography, which is also six decades of island history from Queen Liliuokalani's viewpoint. When first published in 1898 it was also an international plea for justice at the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy. Intimate details abound in this story of the monarchy, the overthrow, and the annexation of Hawaii. 

Here's a summary of most of the information that is actually known about Hawaiian petroglyphs: their meanings, dating them, where to find them, and how to make rubbings and photographs of them. Includes many illustrations, a map of the Big Island that shows the locations of many petroglyph fields, plus a bibliography of sources.

Here is the story of an ocean people who found the most remote islands on earth, how they lived, how they viewed themselves and their universe. Kane's fantastically detailed, colorful paintings grace nearly every page. Sections on navigators, chiefs, kahuna, mana, makahiki, warfare, commoners, kapa, performing arts, games, food, planting, tools, etc.

Polynesia in Early Historic Times presents a comprehensive and balanced description of all major aspects of Polynesian cultures, using both the accounts of the Europeans "discoverers" and the up-to-date writings of archaeologists and anthropologists, brought together and summarized in non-technical language by an anthropologist who has spent over sixty years observing, reading and writing about the Polynesian people.

This book Explores many aspects of past and present Hawaiian tattooing including its origins and the significance of various designs relating to religion, magic, grief, shame, social status, etc. Historical illustrations and historical accounts, techniques used, designs, and more.

This classic of ethnography was assembled in the nineteenth century by an astute observer and skilled illustrator who first encountered the Maori art during his military service in New Zealand. Maori tattooing (moko) consists of a complex design of marks, made in ink and incised into the skin, that communicate the bearer's genealogy, tribal affiliation, and spirituality. This well-illustrated volume relates how moko first became known to Europeans and discusses the distinctions between men and women's moko, patterns and designs, moko in legend and song, and the practice of mokomokai: the preservation of the heads of Maori ancestors. Unabridged republication of the classic 1896 edition. 180 b&w illustrations.

A witty yet informative text with lots of travel tips and pictures. Talofa! Intrepid Editor in Chief of Skin and Ink magazine, Bob Baxter and Bernard Clark take a road trip at the very birthplace of Polynesian tattooing, beautiful Samoa. This book captures the unspoiled home of the turquoise reefs, volcanic beaches, waterfalls, vermillion sunsets and hand tapped tribal tattoos. Learn local customs, meet legendary artists and visit secluded beaches. Get away from it all on this entertaining road trip to the jewel of the Pacific. Excellent book!

A complete history, descriptions, use and types of weapons in Pre-European New Zealand. Including two-handed weapons (Taiha, Pouwhenua), Patu and mere (Wahaika, Kotiate), Spears (Tokotoko, Tao, Koikoi) and other weapons.