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Title:
Vaka moana : voyages of the ancestors : the discovery and settlement of the Pacific / edited by K.R. Howe.
Publisher:
University of Hawaii Press,
Copyright Date:
2007
Description:
360 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 30 cm.
Subject:
Polynesians--Migrations.
Navigation--Polynesia.
Polynesia--Discovery and exploration.
Oceania--Discovery and exploration.
Pacific Ocean--Discovery and exploration.
Polynesiërs.
Zeilvaart.
Kolonisatie.
Oceanië.
Other Authors:
Howe, K. R.
Notes:
Originally published: Auckland, N.Z. : David Bateman, 2006. Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-350) and index.
Contents:
The last frontier / K.R. Howe -- Polynesian oral traditions / Rawiri Taonui -- Voyaging and settlement / Geoffrey Irwin -- Ocean sailing canoes / Ben Finney -- Navigation / Ben Finney and Sam Low -- Pacific voyaging after the exploration period / Roger Neich -- Two worlds / Anne Salmond -- Western ideas about islanders' origins / K.R. Howe -- Renaissance / Ben Finney.
ISBN:
0824832132 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780824832131 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN:
2007009517
Locations:
UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

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