Vaka Moana, Voyages of the Ancestors
An edition of Vaka Moana, Voyages of the Ancestors (2007)
voyages of the ancestors : the discovery and settlement of the Pacific
By K. R. Howe
Publish Date
2007
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Language
eng
Pages
360
Description:
"The most comprehensive and complete account yet of those ancient seafarers who developed the world's first ocean-going vessels - and the advanced navigational systems to guide them - and discovered the last habitable lands on earth, the islands of the mighty Pacific Ocean."--P. [4] of cover.
subjects: Polynesians, Navigation, Migrations, Discovery and exploration, Entdeckung, Kolonisatie, Meeresschiffahrt, Zeilvaart, Reisen und Expeditionen, Geschichte, Siedlung, Schifffahrt, Schiffsnavigation, Seeschifffahrt, Kolonisation, Migration, Polynesiërs, Polynesia, history, Oceania, discovery and exploration, Pacific ocean