Voyage of rediscovery : a cultural odyssey through Polynesia /

"In the summer of 1985, a mostly Hawaiian crew set out aboard Hokulea, a reconstruction of an ancient double canoe, to demonstrate what skeptics had steadfastly denied: that their ancestors, sailing in canoes and navigating solely by reading the stars, ocean swells, and other natural signs, cou...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Finney, Ben R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1994.
Temas:
Hōkūleʻa (Canoe)
Navigation > Polynesia.
Canoes and canoeing > Polynesia.
Navigation > Polynésie.
TRAVEL > Cruises.
Canoes and canoeing.
Manners and customs.
Navigation.
Travel.
Reizen.
Navigatie.
Ethnic & Race Studies.
Gender & Ethnic Studies.
Social Sciences.
Polynesia > Description and travel.
Polynesia > Social life and customs.
Polynésie > Descriptions et voyages.
Polynésie > Mœurs et coutumes.
Polynesia.
Polynesië
Reisbeschrijvingen (vorm)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Without Ships or Compass
  • 2. Experimental Voyaging
  • 3. Cultural Revival
  • 4. More than Halfway Around the World
  • 5. Wait for the West Wind
  • 6. Voyage to Aotearoa
  • 7. Sailing Back and Forth Between Hawaii and Tahiti
  • 8. Putting Voyaging Back into Polynesian Prehistory
  • 9. The Family of the Canoe.

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