Archipelago, The Origin and Discovery of the Hawaiian Islands

Not Since James Michener’s epic book, “Hawaii,” has there been a book that tells the whole story of the Hawaiian Islands, from creation to discovery by the Polynesians and the Western Explorers.

The Hawaiian archipelago is the oldest and longest chain of islands in the world. For over 70 million years, more than 100 Hawaiian volcanoes have erupted from a deep undersea hot spot on the floor of the Pacific Ocean. Over this time, slow drift of the Earth’s crust has produced a trail or chain of...