Geography of the Hawaiian Islands
Author: Charles Wickliffe Baldwin
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Published: 1908
Total Pages: 136
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Author: Charles Wickliffe Baldwin
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Published: 1908
Total Pages: 136
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Joseph Morgan
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Published: 1996
Total Pages: 264
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKSocial, cultural, economic, and political issues, as they relate to land use in Hawai'i.
Author: University of Hawaii at Hilo. Dept. of Geography
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 1998-01-01
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 0824821254
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA large-format atlas includes 250 geographical, topographical, and reference maps; 215 color photographs, charts, and graphs; an introduction to Hawaiian place names; and essays on the state's physical, biological, cultural, and social environment. Simultaneous. UP.
Author: Joseph Morgan
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1983-07-20
Total Pages: 328
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: William Alanson Bryan
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Published: 1915
Total Pages: 610
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Published: 1915
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: William Alanson Bryan
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Published: 1915
Total Pages: 608
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: University of Hawaii (Honolulu). Department of Geography
Publisher: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9780824808372
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe long-awaited third edition of the Atlas of Hawai'i, like its predecessor, promises to be "noteworthy for its completeness, meticulous scholarship, and colorful format" (American Reference Books Annual). Entirely revised in content and design, the Atlas presents the Hawaiian Islands in a larger format than before. The volume is divided into six sections, five of which are abundantly illustrated. The first contains detailed reference maps with place names for towns, mountains, bays, harbors, and other features; geographical descriptions of the State and the main islands; and an introduction to Hawaiian place names. This is followed by four sections on the physical, biotic, cultural, and social aspects of the Hawai'i environment. Geology, climate, the ocean, water, soils, and astronomy are among the topics discussed in "The Physical Environment". Next, the special character of terrestrial and marine ecosystems is described. "The Cultural Environment" considers the people of Hawai'i. The diversity of the State's cultures is treated in chapters on history and languages as well as archaeology, religions, and the arts. "The Social Environment" treats such elements as the economy, government, and population. The sixth and final section comprises a statistical supplement, bibliography, and gazetteer for the reference maps. Readers of this new edition will find much new information, including topics (e.g., paleoclimate, threats to native ecosystems, Hawaiian sovereignty) not discussed in previous editions.
Author: Charles W. Baldwin
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Published: 2016-06-14
Total Pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9781332581788
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from Geography of the Hawaiian Islands The volcanic fires ceased first on Kauai, and so, as it became greatly eroded and acquired more forms of plant life, it has been called the oldest island of the group; this does not mean, how ever, that it appeared above the surface of the ocean first, or even before Hawaii, the youngest island, which, with its two active volcanoes, is still in the making process, though it has already been built up 8575 feet higher than Kauai. The surface features of the group are characterized by lofty mountains with gentle slopes, which are cut up by many gorges of great depth. The valleys of West Maui and Kauai are among the grandest in the world. The windward or northeast sides terminate in cliffs, which, on Hawaii and Molokai, are several thousand feet high in places. The upper slopes of the moun tains are covered with a dense tropical growth of great beauty, which extends nearly to the sea on the windward side. Situated as they are at the crossroads of the steamer routes across the Pacific, the Hawaiian Islands occupy a position of great commercial and strategic' importance - and thus well merit the epithet which is applied to them, The Key of the Pacific. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: University of Hawaii (Honolulu). Department of Geography
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Published: 1983
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780842808378
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