Hawaiian
national bibliography, 1780 - 1900 (Vol. 1) 1780-1830 / compiled and
annotated by David W. Forbes. - Honolulu : University of Hawai'i
press, 1999. - 552 p.
ISBN 0-8248-2042-8
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NOTE DE L'ÉDITEUR :
This comprehensive, annotated, multivolume bibliography is a record of
all printed works touching on some aspect of the political, religious,
cultural, or social history of the Hawaiian islands — from
the first printed notice mentioning the islands (in a German periodical
of January 1780) to the beginning of the twentieth century, when the
islands ceased to be a separate political entity.
Volume I covers the period from 1780 to 1830, when exploratory
voyages to the northern Pacific had largely concluded and the arrival
of improved printing equipment in the islands resulted in a substantial
increase in the number of works printed by the Mission Press in
Honolulu.
In addition to books and pamphlets, the bibliography includes newspaper
and periodical accounts and single sheet publications such as
broadsides, circulars, playbills, and handbills because they often
contain the only eyewitness or contemporary description of an important
event or individual.
Entries pertaining to Captain Cook's Third Voyage dominate the first
twenty years of the bibliography. They reflect the profound impact of
the voyage on both the Hawaiian culture and on nineteenth-century
European thought.
Extensive annotations provide a brief summary of approximately 760
published works in the first volume of the bibliography. All known
editions of each work are listed, together with the exact title, date
of publication, size of the volume, collation of pages, number and type
of plates and maps, references, and location of copies.
❙ David W. Forbes
has had many years of experience with the pictorial and written history
of the Pacific. He has been in the rare book field for thirty years,
specializing in voyages and travels to the Pacific. He is the author of
Encounters with Paradise : Views of Hawaii and Its People, 1778-1941 (UH Press, 1992) and numerous short articles and essays.
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COMPLÉMENT BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE | - « Hawaiian
national bibliography, 1780-1900 (Vol. 2) 1831-1850 »,
Honolulu : University of Hawai'i press, 2000
- « Hawaiian
national bibliography, 1780-1900 (Vol. 3) 1851-1880 »,
Honolulu : University of Hawai'i press, 2001
- « Hawaiian
national bibliography, 1780-1900 (Vol. 4) 1881-1900 »,
Honolulu : University of Hawai'i press, 2003
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mise-à-jour : 22 novembre 2007 |

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