In Search of First Contact Biography & Memoir Illustrated by Mariko Merritt

Illustrated by Mariko Merritt

This picture book relates the story of the human side of the voyage from Tahiti to Hawai‘i by the Polynesians

paperback   |   56 pages   |   8

by William D

An essential contribution to contemporary Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) scholarship

In Search of First Contact Biography & Memoir Illustrated by Mariko MerrittIn Search of First Contact is an exploration of possible European landings in the Hawaiian Islands prior to 1778, the year Captain James Cook stumbled upon the archipelago in his search for the fabled Northwest Passage, dividing Hawaiian history into pre contact and post contact. _____ Author Gordon Joyce's career as Chief Ranger of Puuhonua o Honaunau (Place of Refuge) National Historical Park on Hawaii Island gives him unique access to the stories