Vaka moana : voyages of the ancestors : the discovery and settlement of the Pacific / edited by K.R. Howe.

Contributor(s): Howe, K. RMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, 2007Description: 360 p. ill., maps 30 cmISBN: 9780824832131 (hardcover : alk. paper)Subject(s): Polynesians -- Migrations -- History | Navigation -- Polynesia | Polynesia -- Discovery and exploration | Oceania -- Discovery and exploration | Pacific Ocean -- Discovery and explorationDDC classification: 919 LOC classification: GN670 | .V35 2007Online resources: Click here to access online
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 with Thomas Davis (Pa Tuterangi Ariki) and Eric Metzgar.
Item type: Book
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919 HOW 2007 Available 32542

Originall published: Auckland, N.Z. : David Bateman, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 with Thomas Davis (Pa Tuterangi Ariki) and Eric Metzgar.