Molokai Map

Molokai Map

Hawaii
19th century
Molokai
Mapping

A map produced for a Hawaiian government survey of the island of Molokai. The place names are described in Hawaiian, but the text at the bottom is in English. During 1897, there was an effort to annex Hawaii, which succeeded the following year, and such maps may have been pertinent to this. Queen Luluokalani had already relinquished the throne four years prior to the map’s publication and replaced by a new government system (during this time Hawaii became known as the Republic of Hawaii). The Republic was headed by those with European descent, which we can see in the use of English in the map. However, the idea of using traditional Hawaiian place names in this map also suggests the mapmakers wanted to represent these places as authentically as possible. Regardless, the map is an interesting piece for considering the overthrow of the monarchy and the brief existence of the Republic.

Hawaiian Government Survey

eVol

https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10524/49298

1897

Hannah Oliver

eVol, provided by university of Hawaii at Manoa Library

English
Hawaiian

Visual - map

19th century Hawai'i