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Author:
Buck, Peter Henry, 1877?-1951.
Title:
Vikings of the sunrise / by Peter H. Buck (Te Rangi Hiroa).
Publisher:
J.B. Lippincott,
Copyright Date:
©1938
Description:
xiii, 335 pages, 25 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm
Subject:
Polynesians.
Ethnology--Polynesia.
Polynésiens.
Ethnologie--Polynésie.
Ethnology.
Polynesians.
Polynesia.
Hekenga.
Rangahau o te noho-ā-iwi.
Whakatere waka hourua.
Polynesians.
Ethnology--Polynesia.
Bookplates (Provenance)
Notes:
Also published: N.Y. : Frederick A. Stokes, 1938. Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-323) and index. Map on lining-papers. In memory of Dr. George Metcalf; gift of Margaret Metcalf Howie.
Contents:
The great ocean -- The manner of men -- Whence came they? -- Ships and their builders -- The Eastern horizon -- Early explorers and settlers -- The centre of the triangle -- The hub of Polynesia -- The Southwest course -- The Northwest atolls -- The Northern equatorial islands -- The Northeastern radial -- South and Southeast -- The Eastern atolls -- On the trail of the rising sun -- The mystery of Pitcairn -- The apex of the triangle -- The Northern angle -- The Southern angle -- The base of the triangle -- The trail of plants and animals -- Epilogue.
Indexed by:
Bagnall, B1647
OCLC:
(OCoLC)4538524
LCCN:
38027848
Locations:
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

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