Polynesians, Explorers of the Pacific
Author: Joseph Edwin Weckler
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Published: 1943
Total Pages: 116
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Author: Joseph Edwin Weckler
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Published: 1943
Total Pages: 116
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Published: 1943
Total Pages: 77
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: J E (Joseph Edwin) 1906- Weckler
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
Published: 2021-09-09
Total Pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9781013935534
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Peter Henry Buck
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Published: 1953
Total Pages: 152
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Christina Thompson
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2019-03-12
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 0062060899
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA blend of Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel and Simon Winchester’s Pacific, a thrilling intellectual detective story that looks deep into the past to uncover who first settled the islands of the remote Pacific, where they came from, how they got there, and how we know. For more than a millennium, Polynesians have occupied the remotest islands in the Pacific Ocean, a vast triangle stretching from Hawaii to New Zealand to Easter Island. Until the arrival of European explorers they were the only people to have ever lived there. Both the most closely related and the most widely dispersed people in the world before the era of mass migration, Polynesians can trace their roots to a group of epic voyagers who ventured out into the unknown in one of the greatest adventures in human history. How did the earliest Polynesians find and colonize these far-flung islands? How did a people without writing or metal tools conquer the largest ocean in the world? This conundrum, which came to be known as the Problem of Polynesian Origins, emerged in the eighteenth century as one of the great geographical mysteries of mankind. For Christina Thompson, this mystery is personal: her Maori husband and their sons descend directly from these ancient navigators. In Sea People, Thompson explores the fascinating story of these ancestors, as well as those of the many sailors, linguists, archaeologists, folklorists, biologists, and geographers who have puzzled over this history for three hundred years. A masterful mix of history, geography, anthropology, and the science of navigation, Sea People combines the thrill of exploration with the drama of discovery in a vivid tour of one of the most captivating regions in the world. Sea People includes an 8-page photo insert, illustrations throughout, and 2 endpaper maps.
Author: Jeff Evans
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Published: 2014-05
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ISBN-13: 9780478422221
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The first article recounts a recent voyage from New Zealand to Rapanui and back using traditional navigation methods. The second article provides background information about Polynesian travels, from the earliest migrations from Hawaiki to modern-day air travel between Pacific islands and other countries"--Publisher information.
Author: Joseph Edwin Weckler
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Published: 1943
Total Pages: 77
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Published: 1943
Total Pages: 77
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Adrienne L. Kaeppler
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2008-03-27
Total Pages: 217
ISBN-13: 0192842382
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith more than one hundred illustrations--most in full color--this volume offers a stimulating and insightful account of two dynamic artistic cultures, traditions that have had a considerable impact on modern western art through the influence of artists such as Gauguin. After an introduction to Polynesian and Micronesian art separately, the book focuses on the artistic types, styles, and concepts shared by the two island groups, thereby placing each in its wider cultural context. From the textiles of Tonga to the canoes of Tahiti, Adrienne Kaeppler sheds light on religious and sacred rituals and objects, carving, architecture, tattooing, and much more.
Author: Geoffrey Malcolm Badger
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Published: 1996
Total Pages: 274
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA thoroughly researched historical account of the hazards and adventures explorers faced while sailing the Pacific Ocean.