Winner of numerous awars for design, photography, and writing, Discovery chronicles the dramatic saga of Polynesian exploration, celebrating the genius of anicent navigators and the triumph of Hawaiian civilization.

As the world traveled closer to the distant archipelago, and many travelers landed on Hawai‘i's hospitable shores, Discovery documents that fateful convergence, and vividly portrays the pressures and possibilities driving Hawai‘i into the 21st century.

One hundred fourteen photographs by Hawai‘i's most accomplished photographers faithfully recreate the past and honestly capture the present. Six provocative essays, written by Hawai‘i's most thoughtful obseervers (Nainoa Thompson, Kenneth Brower, Kekuni Blaisdell, Pamela Frierson, James D. Huston, Chris Pearce), weave together the paradoxs of Hawai‘i's story.

$19.95

isbn 978-0-930897-78-9

hardcover, 10x14, 160pp.

Available at Bishop Museum's Shop Pacifica (phone 808-848-4158, email at shop@bishopmuseum.org ) and other fine bookstores throughout the islands.

Tags: Bishop Museum Press, Hawaii history, Hawaiian navigation, Hawaiian Traditions

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