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Vaka moana : voyages of the ancestors : the discovery and settlement of the Pacific / editor K.R. Howe. - Auckland, N.Z. : David Bateman : Auckland Museum, 2006. - 360 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 30 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-350) 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.

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

ISBN: 9781869536251 1869536258

LCCN: 2007367775

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Polynesians--Migrations.
Navigation--History.--Polynesia
Hekenga.
Whakatere waka hourua.
Rangahau o te noho-ā-iwi.
Discoveries in geography.
Kōrero nehe.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Islands of the Pacific--Discovery and exploration.
Pacific Ocean--Islands of the Pacific.

LC Class. No.: GN670 / .V35 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 996