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Digital Copies of Books and Research Articles on the Hawaiian Canoe

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Arts and Crafts of Hawaii
Peter Buck "Canoes"

Detailed description of the construction and parts of the Hawaiian Canoe

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The Hawaiian Canoe by Tommy Holmes

An extensive and detailed description of the history, construction and cultural practices of the Hawaiian Canoe

David Malo Hawaiian Antiquities (Hawaiian canoe page 168)

David Malo or Davida Malo (1793–1853) was a leading Native  historian of the Kingdom of Hawaii. In 1835 he began wirting notes on the Hawaiian Culture and History which was translated into English in 1898 by Nathanial Emerson. 

Abraham Fornanders Hawaiian Antiquities and Folklore

Canoe Construction

 

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He Makeʻe Waʻa

He Makeʻe Waʻa  explores the  Physical, Spiritual and Intellectual elements of the Hawaiian Canoe

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Journal of William Ellis

Description of a tour around Hawaii island in 1832 on the landscape and people

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Maunakea Adz Quarry

 A review of the divergent patterns in production and distribution, and other basalt sources that could rival the well-known Mauna Kea Adze Quarry in their extent of interisland distribution.

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