Nā Inoa Hōkū: Hawaiian and Pacific star names

Pages from the first edition

This segment of the supplementary materials is downloadable as a PDF file. It contains a scanned copy of a section of the first edition that has not been systematically updated for inclusion in the third. For reference, the following inventory lists all the contents of the first edition and where to find updated versions of them in the third.

Contents of the first edition and where to find them updated in the third edition:

• Preface (pp. i–ii)
  • Reproduced as “Preface to the first edition” (p. xv)
• Acknowledgments (pp. iii)
  • Updated as “Acknowledgments: RKJ and JKM” (p. xvii)
• Introduction (pp. vi–viii)
  • Slightly updated as “§1.1 The original conception” (pp. 1–2)
• The mythological basis of Hawaiian star nomenclature (pp. viii–xiv)
  • Slightly updated as “§1.2 The mythological basis of Hawaiian star nomenclature” (pp. 3–6)
• Hawaiian star names (List I) (pp. 1–21)
  • Extensively updated as “§3.2 Catalogue 1: Hawaiian star names” (pp. 186–254)
• The section “COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CALENDAR AND COMPASS STARS” (pp. 23–70) has been scanned from a printed copy of the first edition.
  
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  This includes:
  • The calendar stars (pp. 23–39).
  • Calendar stars and compass stars in Oceania (pp. 39–46). Some of this content is also included in §2 and §3.3.
  • Micronesian calendar stars (pp. 46–48). Some of this content is also included in the supplementary materials under Month and day names.
  • Correlation of Polynesian month names with Micronesian star names (pp. 48–62). Some of this content is also included in the supplementary materials under Month and day names.
  • Calendar stars and the sidereal compass (pp. 62–66). Some of this content is also included in Catalogue 3.
  • Of the divisions of the circle of the sky (pp. 66–70). See also Table 6.1 with additional technical data.
• The Hawaiian gourd compass (pp. 70–74)
  • Updated in §2.2.4 (pp. 28–34) and §2.5.2: commentary (pp. 154–155)
• Pacific star names (List II) (pp. 75–121)
  • Extensively updated as “Catalogues 2 and 3” (pp. 276–503)
• Indo-European Identifications (List III) (pp. 122–141)
  • Extensively updated as “§7 Western identifications” (pp. 507–550)
• Appendix: Navigation gourd notes (pp. 142–153)
  • Updated as “§2.5.2 Kelsey’s ‘Navigation gourd notes’ ” (pp. 145–154)
• Appendix: Notes to p48 [sic] on the Nukuoro calendar (pp. 154–155)
  • Scanned as part of the downloadable section. See also Month and day names.
• Appendix: additional texts from Hawaiian newspapers (pp. 155–157)
  • Updated and retranslated as “§2.2.4 Kamakau 1865” (pp. 28–32)
• Appendix: additional texts from Hawaiian newspapers (pp. 158–170)
  • Updated and retranslated as “§2.2.6 Kupahu 1865” (pp. 37–46)
• Bibliography (pp. 170A–170E [marked simply “A” to “E’ in the original] )
  • Extensively updated on pp. 567–580, but also scanned as part of the downloadable section so as to include the references relevant there

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Other supplementary on-line materials

Updates, errata and clarifications

Additional Hawaiian resources

Table 6.1 with additional technical data

Catalogue 4: Torres Strait Islander star names

Catalogue 5: Aboriginal Australian star names

Month and day names in Polynesia and Austronesia

Pages from the first edition

Further references and links