Reference Resources

Reference materials include gazetteers, historical dictionaries, publications on the historical geography of the region, etc. These materials are accessible in the Geography and Map Reading Room.

This section presents a selection of reference materials relating to Hawaii. The following titles link to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog. Links to additional online content are included when available.

Selected Reference Books

The Geography and Map Division pamphlet file contains the publicationHawaii : a list of early maps in the Library of Congress and a summary of sources of current maps and cartographic information, compiled by Gary L. Fitzpatrick, Reference and Bibliography Section, Geography and Map Division, [1979]. This can be accessed by inquiring at the reference desk.

The Early Mapping of Hawaii by Gary L. Fitzpatrick; Riley M. Moffat
Call Number: GA419.5

ISBN: 0915013053

Published/Created: 1986-01-01

This is a richly illustrated history of map making and charting of Hawai'i from 1778 to 1855.
Surveying the Mahele : mapping the Hawaiian land revolution by Gary L. Fitzpatrick; Riley M. Moffat
Call Number: GA419.5 .P34 1986 vol. 2 folio ref.

ISBN: 0915013177

Published/Created: 1995-09-01

Surveying the Mahele places the surveying work of the mahele era into historical context with the mapping of the islands that preceded and followed it.
Mapping the lands and waters of Hawai'i : the Hawaiian Government Survey by Riley M. Moffat and Gary L. Fitzpatrick
Call Number: GA419.5 P34 1986 vol. 3 folio ref.

Published/Created: c2004

Hawaii Place Names by John R. K. Clark
Call Number: DU622 .C546 2002

ISBN: 0824824512

Published/Created: 2003-05-14
A gazetteer of the territory of Hawaii by John Wesley Coulter
Call Number: DU622 .C6

Published/Created: 1935
Place names of Hawaii by Mary Kawena Pukui, Samuel H. Elbert, Esther T. Mookini
Call Number: DU622 .P79 1974

Published/Created: [1974]

Who's Who in Pacific Navigation by John Dunmore
Call Number: DU19 .D78 1991

ISBN: 0824813502

Published/Created: 1992-01-01

Covers European exploration of the Pacific
The Pacific basin; a history of its geographical exploration by Herman R. Friis
Call Number: DU23 .F7

Published/Created: 1967

Some of the papers are revised and enlarged versions of papers presented at a symposium held as part of the Tenth Pacific Science Congress meeting at the University of Hawaii, Aug. 21-Sept. 6, 1961.
Bibliography: p. 337-440.
We, the Navigators by David Lewis; Derek Oulton (Editor)
Call Number: GN440 .L48 1994

ISBN: 0824815823

Published/Created: 1994-05-01

This new edition includes a discussion of theories about traditional methods of navigation developed during recent decades, the story of the renaissance of star navigation throughout the Pacific, and material about navigation systems in Indonesia, Siberia, and the Indian Ocean.
United States scientific geographical exploration of the Pacific Basin, 1783-1899 by National Archives
Call Number: Z4501 .U55

Published/Created: 1961

Catalogue of an exhibition prepared for the Tenth Pacific Science Congress in Honolulu, Hawaii, Aug. 21-Sept. 6, 1961. Most of the items exhibited were reproductions of records in the National Archives. The exhibit was prepared by Herman R. Friis.

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