Polynesian Seafaring and Navigation : Ocean Travel in Anutan Culture and Society /
Without seafaring canoes, deep-sea sailing skills, and the ability to navigate by naked-eye observations of the stars and sea and bird life, there would have been no Polynesian people as we know them today. These islanders are as much a creation of their voyaging technology as they were creators of...
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Kent, Ohio :
Kent State University Press,
1988.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Copyright
- Contents
- Figures
- Plates
- Tables
- Foreword by Ben Finney
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Island and Its People
- 3. On the Ocean
- 4. Canoes and Equipment
- 5. Seamanship
- 6. Sociology of Sailing
- 7. Voyage to Patutaka
- 8. Conclusion
- Appendixes
- A. Anutan Voyages to Tikopia
- B. Some Tikopian Voyages
- C. Anutan Canoe Ownership as of 1973
- D. Star Paths to Patutaka and Tikopia as Related by Pu Maevatau
- E. Auxiliary Navigational Techniques as Related by Pu Maevatau F. Voyage to Tikopia as Related by Pu Nukumarere, 1972
- Notes
- Glossary of Anutan Nautical Terms
- References
- Index