Description: July 1936 First PrintingThe Tropical Garden by Lorraine E. Kuck & Richard C. Tongg Signed inside front cover by Herbert C. Shipman, (of) Kea'au Herbert Cornelius Shipman (1892-1976) The late Herbert C. Shipman was a Hapa-Hawaiian descendent of missionaries who came to Hawaii in 1854 and was a prominent kamaaina businessman and rancher on the east side of the Island of Hawaii during his entire adult life.He was especially noted as the initiator of the restoration of the Nene, Hawaii's State Bird.Herbert was also known as an orchid enthusiast, and as a popular raconteur. Herbert's father William H. Shipman was born on Maui, and he ended up buying all of the Kea'au ahupua'a, about 64,275 acres between the coast near Hilo all the way up to Kilauea volcano. Nene, the endangered Hawaiian goose (Nesochen sandvicensis)These birds were near extinction in 1918 when Herbert C. Shipman began an effort to save them by starting a breeding program at his Kea’au home.He later provided birds for other programs including the State of Hawaiʻi effort at Pohakuloa (now located at Olinda, Maui) and the program run by the Wildfowl Trust in England. The story is told in the National Geographic, November 1965, article titled “Saving the Nene, World’s Rarest Goose”. *ps. Herbert C. Shipman Press Photo, is not included in listing, but can be added for $29 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hawaii ~ Polynesia ~ Oceania BUY / SELL / TRADE ~ Kea'au, Hawaii Vintage 18th, 19th & 20th Century Engravings, Gravures & Lithographs Photographs, CDVs & Cabinets Books, Magazines, Maps & Ephemera, Tobacco Cards & Victorian Tradecards Postcards, Stamped Covers & Letters Press Photos, HI Political, Autographs, etc. Sandwich Islands, Owhyhee, Kalaniopuu, Terreeoboo, Atooi, Tauai, Capt James Cook, Tamehameha, Kamehameha, Jean Francois de la Perouse, John Olohana Young, Kanaina & Poeta, Capt Geo Vancouver, Liholiho, Boki & Kuini Liliha, Jacques Étienne Victor Arago, John Adams Kuakini, Kilauea, Wm Ellis, Hoapili, Wm Pitt Kalanimoku, Queen Kaahumanu, Hiram Bingham I, Asa Thurston, Prince Kauikeaouli, Princess Nahiennaena, Princess Kinau, Davida Malo, G.P. Judd, King Kamehameha IV, Queen Emma, W.C. Wyllie, King Lunalilo, Princess Ruth Keelikolani, Titus Coan, King Kalakaua, Queen Liliuokalani, Princess Likelike, A. J. Cartwright, Princess Kaiulani Cleghorn, îles Hawaï, Joseph Nawahi, Robert Wilcox, Sanford Dole, Prince Kuhio, Kawananakoa, Duke Kahanamoku, Daniel K. Inouye, Marquises, Nouka-Hiva, Tahiti, île de Pâques, ile Pitcairn, iles de la Société
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