I just added a new page giving access to several courses I offered in the past that are no longer available through Chaminade University. This page gives access to course materials for: Peoples of Hawai’i; Geography of Hawai’i; and East Asian Societies. The last is still in progress as I will have to rebuild the VidCasts for the course powerpoints. Hopefully some will find the course content interesting and potentially useful.
Comstock Lode Ore Roads page on the website is up
I just got around to putting up the new page tied to my newest project, the mapping of the ore road network through the Comstock Lode.
So the intro is up, and I have posted the link to the Google Earth kmz files that have all the road data interpretation I’ve done to date, along with embedding the USGS mines data.
As I find more sources I will be updating this, especially the addition of more historic named places in the region. A fascinating place, and given how famous the region is, very little work (at least by historical/cultural geographers) has been done there.
Volume 6-Molokai Foreign Testimony completed
Just finished vol. 6, Moloka’i Foreign Testimony-very short (only 49 pages). I suspect the majority of claims are in the Native Testimony volumes. As with all the transcriptions, free to anyone to download and use on the Mahele page of the site.
Volume 5 Hawai’i Island-Hilo Foreign Test. complete
Volume 5, the Hilo side of Hawai’i Island, is complete and available to download. That completes the Big Island F.T. volumes, next is vol. 6-Moloka’i.
Vol 4-Big Island-Kohala For. Test. completed
Volume 4 of the Mahele Foreign Testimony covering the Kohala side of the Island of Hawai’i is completed and published-as the with the other volumes free to download (pdf). On to vol. 5 (Hilo side).
Volume 9 (O’ahu-Ewa through Wai’anae) For. Test. is now complete and up for downloads
Just completed vol. 9 of the Mahele LCA Foreign Testimony for O’ahu covering Ewa through Wai’anae which is now up and can be downloaded from the page. Now moving on to Vol. 4 (Kohala side of Hawai’i Island).
January 2025 updates to Mahele, Lahaina, For. Test v. 2 complete, Shaanxi additions
In trying to clear off loose ends in 2024, I managed to get the material from volumes 2, 3, 7 and 8 entered into the relevant portions of the Mahele (specifically Waititi) LCA awards and Lahaina LCA awards, so in both the number of awards with descriptions has significantly grown. I also modified the visuals to make it more clear which LCAs had testimony and which (faded light pink) were ’empty’. I suspect the majority of the missing ones will be found in the Native Testimony volumes, so it’s going to be a long time before those get added, as I’m moving on to For. Test. vol. 9 (Ewa-Wai’anae) to try and expand the Pearl Lochs material.
Foreign Testimony vol. 2 was finally completed, a total grind due to the 550+ pages of contracts, conflicting testimony, etc. By far the worst of the volumes to transcribe, until I get to Native Testimony vol. 1-3.
Shifting back partially to the Shaanxi material, adding two new layers: the first is those sites marked in Google Earth (including all ‘kiln’ named villages), the second is the sites located (and described) in Zou’s 1987 The Land Between the Passes, an excellent visual summary of the Wei River region central to Chinese history for over 2000 years. So a number of new or modified files for you to peruse and download for your entertainment and edification.
Updates to the 1852 Mahele page-the Waititi Ahupua’a Maps have been updated
I have just completed the updating (and editing) of the 1852 Mahele material for the Ahupua’a of Waititi with all vol. 3 (F.T.) entered, which has almost doubled the number of testimonies in the Ahupua’a. So the project file (comprehensive) has been updated, and the ‘Named Awards’ file on the 1852 Mahele page has been updated. I recommend unless you have edited the older ones that you delete the old versions in Google Earth and replace them with the new ones. If you upload the comprehensive file that has the new material in it, no no need to upload the named awards file separately as it is included in the package. Lahaina next.
Mahele Vol 3-Honolulu Foreign Testimony Transcription completed
Just completed vol. 3 of the Mahele Foreign Testimony (finally, 590 pages), up on this site and can be freely downloaded as pdf for anyone’s use. Please use and share. Remember that volumes 1 (Oahu), v. 7 (West Maui), v. 8 (Maui), v. 14 (later adds) are also all available for your use. Note that while volume 3 is early in the sequence, most of the testimony dates from 1853-1854 period, so largely later submissions (and many changes).
Wall 1893 Greater Honolulu Map in GEarth
I have just completed moving all the info from Wall’s very very detailed 1893 map of greater Honolulu into Google Earth, which you can download on the site (under the Old Hawaii page of the site). A fascinating map showing in great detail the social and physical layout of Honolulu in 1892. Of major note is how almost all of Waititi is still in wet field systems, also striking is the dramatic change in coastline and reefline you see in his map. Free download and share with anyone else interested.
AUGMENTED REALITIES 