Fornander's Ancient History of the Hawaiian People

By Glen Grant

A reprint of this classic of precontact history tracing Hawaii's saga from legendary times to the arrival of Captain Cook, including an account of his demise. Originally published as volume II in the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 156647146X
• ISBN13: 9781566471466
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Mutual Publishing Co
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.3" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

Ancient Hawai'i for everyone

Ancient History is a great reference for those interested in Hawai'ian history during Kam I's reign.

Fornander's Ancient History of Hawaiian People

A great resource that open your mind to the only known history of the ancient Hawaiian people ...their handed down through the generations of songs and chants. Fornanader does a superb job of analyzing the credence of these accounts based upon repetition of statements in these old songs and chants. He also looks into the written history of the European visits ...for example: did you know there is documented proof in Portugal that shows that Spanish/Portuguese ships visited the islands 200 years before Captain Cook? Find out by reading the book.

Ancient History of the Hawaiian People to the Times of Kamehameha I

Excellent product. Book in very good condition. Book was well protected for shipping. Very reasonable shipping time.