Capital within the Hawaiian Kingdom's Capital

This digital library explores the currency and commodities that sustained Lāhainā, a Maui town, during the time of the Kingdom of Hawai'i (1795-1893). Lāhainā was the capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom between the years 1802-1845.  Travelers from around the globe voyaged to and through Lāhainā. This digital collection showcases the coins exchanged for commodities (primarily whaling and knowledge).

He mau palapala aina

This map of the world was published at Lahainaluna, a center for knowledge in the Hawaiian Kingdom's former capital.

Disclaimer:  

This digital library is an educational project of a student from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Library and Information Science Program, class LIS 676 Creating Digital Libraries. All of the content used was purposefully aimed to be under public domain and open access license, and collected from other digital libraries that have explicitly stated such terms of reuse of content. 

This digital library was created only to demonstrate the learning objectives of the class. This digital library was under no circumstances intending to breach copyright. In case you think we have done so, please contact us ASAP (gardasev@hawaii.edu), and we will make sure to remove the questionable content in the shortest possible period.