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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Feinberg, Richard
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, 1988.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Canots et canotage > Salomon > Anuta (île)
Navigation primitive > Salomon > Anuta (île)
Sociale aspecten.
Scheepvaart.
Polynesians > Social life and customs.
Navigation.
Manners and customs.
Ethnology.
Canoes and canoeing.
Industries.
HISTORY > Australia & New Zealand.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Polynesiens > Moeurs et coutumes.
Industrie > Salomon > Anuta.
Canotage > Salomon > Anuta.
Navigation > Salomon > Anuta.
Polynesiens > Industrie.
Ethnologie > Salomon > Anuta.
Industries > Solomon Islands > Anuta Island.
Canoes and canoeing > Solomon Islands > Anuta Island.
Navigation > Solomon Islands > Anuta Island.
Ethnology > Solomon Islands > Anuta Island.
Anuta (Salomon ; île) > Industrie.
Solomon Islands > Anuta Island.
Anuta (Salomon) > Moeurs et coutumes.
Anuta Island (Solomon Islands) > Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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

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