Description
Pacific Books, Honolulu, Published 1971. Wraps, 37 pp.; 23 cm; illustrated with color star charts and line drawings.
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Condition & notes
In Very Good condition. Blue illustrated paper covers with mild shelf wear and mild scuffing and soiling to back cover. Staple bound, binding tight. Original seller's sticker, "Whole Earth Hawaii," affixed to inside rear cover. Otherwise unmarked. A guide to the night sky over Hawaii, pairing monthly color star charts with the Hawaiian and Polynesian names and legends of the constellations. Includes an account of how early Polynesians navigated from Tahiti to Hawaii by the stars, a map of Polynesian voyaging routes across the Pacific, and a table of the brightest stars. Will Kyselka was Assistant Professor of Education at the University of Hawaii and Associate in Astronomy at the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu; design by Ray Lanterman, constellation drawings by Allie Lorch.