Rare Books

Na Mokupuni o Hawaii nei

Description: A map on paper, linen backed at a later date, in the Hawaiian language. Lahainaluna, which means "above Lahaina" was a missionary high school established by Lorrin Andrews in 1831. They taught Hawaiian students mapmaking, among other things, and the engraving of copper plates and printing. One of the students was Kalama (whose name appears on this map). He went on to become a well known surveyor in Hawaii. In 1837, Captain Edward Belcher visited the school and commented on a large 8 sheet map in progress. That map was printed in 1838 titled in English A Map of the Hawaiian Islands. This map appears to be a precursor. See The Early Mapping of Hawaii by Gary Fitzpatrick. This map is also discussed on www.davidrumsey.com. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 284148.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1837
Call number: 284148
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Noho iho nei o Mea i ke ao nei

Manuscripts

The collection contains a wide range of material including research material for his major publications (Hawaiian Antiquities, Pele and Hiiaka: A Myth from Hawaii, and Unwritten Literature of Hawaii: The Sacred Songs of the Hula), correspondence, short stories, essays, poetry, Hawaiian mele, notebooks, biographical sketches, diaries, book reviews, land deeds, wills, affidavits, ephemera, photographs and early drafts of Emerson's published work. The majority of the collection was written, collected or translated by Emerson; however, the collection does contain material by other Emerson family members and notable historical figures of Hawaiian history, such as W. D. Alexander, William R. Castle, Abraham Fornander, Davida Malo, Robert W. Wilcox, and several others. The subjects covered in this collection are: Emerson family history; the American Civil War and army hospitals; Hawaiian ethnology and culture; the Hawaiian revolutions of 1893 and 1895; Hawaiian politics; Hawaiian history; Polynesian history; Hawaiian mele; the Hawaiian hula; leprosy and the leper colony on Molokai; and Hawaiian mythology and folklore.

EMR 252.

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