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

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Auckland, N.Z. : David Bateman : Auckland Museum, 2006.Description: 360 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 30 cmISBN:

9781869536251
1869536258

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Additional physical formats: Online version:: Vaka moana.; Online version:: Vaka moana.DDC classification:

996 22

LOC classification:

GN670 .V35 2006

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.

Awards:

Montana New Zealand Books Awards History, 2007

Summary: Chapters cover: the human settlement of the globe; origin and traditions of Pacific peoples; important findings in archaeology, linguistics and genetic studies; traditional canoe building and sailing techniques; pre-instrument navigational systems; ancient Pacific voyaging and trading routes; the arrival of the West and its impact on Pacific peoples; the modern revival by today's Pacific peoples of canoe building and traditional navigation.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Non-Fiction	Waimate Event Centre - Long term storage	Non Fiction	910.4 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan	Not for loan		A00439748

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-350) and index.

Chapters cover: the human settlement of the globe; origin and traditions of Pacific peoples; important findings in archaeology, linguistics and genetic studies; traditional canoe building and sailing techniques; pre-instrument navigational systems; ancient Pacific voyaging and trading routes; the arrival of the West and its impact on Pacific peoples; the modern revival by today's Pacific peoples of canoe building and traditional navigation.

Montana New Zealand Books Awards History, 2007

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