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Voyage of Rediscovery: A Cultural Odyssey through Polynesia by Finney New+=
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- Condition
- PublishedOn
- 1994-10-27
- ISBN
- 9780520080027
- EAN
- 9780520080027
- Book Title
- Voyage of Rediscovery : a Cultural Odyssey Through Polynesia
- Item Length
- 9.3in
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Publication Year
- 1994
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.4in
- Genre
- Travel, Transportation, Sports & Recreation, History, Social Science
- Topic
- Navigation, Canoeing, Asia / General, Australia & Oceania, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Customs & Traditions
- Item Width
- 6.3in
- Item Weight
- 27.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 401 Pages
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In the summer of 1985, a mostly Hawaiian crew set out aboard Hokule'a, a reconstructed ancient double canoe, to demonstrate what skeptics had steadfastly denied: that their ancestors, sailing in such canoes and navigating solely by reading stars, ocean swells, and other natural signs, could intentionally have sailed across the Pacific, exploring the vast oceanic realm of Polynesia and discovering and settling all its inhabitable islands. Their round-trip odyssey from Hawai'i to Aotearoa (New Zealand), across 12,000 nautical miles, dramatically refuted all theories declaring that-because of their unseaworthy canoes and inaccurate navigational methods-the ancient Polynesians could only have been pushed accidentally to their islands by the vagaries of wind and current. Voyage of Rediscovery is a vivid, immensely readable account of this remarkable journey through the Pacific, including tales of a curiosity attack by sperm whales and the crew's welcome to Aotearoa by Maori tribesmen, who dubbed them their sixth tribe. It describes how Hawaiian navigator Nainoa Thompson guided the canoe over thousands of miles of open ocean without compass, sextant, charts, or any other navigational aids. In so doing, it documents the experimental voyaging approach, developed by Ben Finney, which has both transformed our ideas about Polynesian migration and voyaging and been embraced by present-day Polynesians as a way to experience and celebrate their rich ancestral heritage as premier seafarers. By sailing in the wake of their ancestors, the Hawaiians and other Polynesians who captained, navigated, and crewed Hokule'a made the journey described here a cultural as well as a scientific odyssey of exploration.
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Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520080025
ISBN-13
9780520080027
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1133382
Product Key Features
Book Title
Voyage of Rediscovery : a Cultural Odyssey Through Polynesia
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Navigation, Canoeing, Asia / General, Australia & Oceania, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Customs & Traditions
Publication Year
1994
Genre
Travel, Transportation, Sports & Recreation, History, Social Science
Number of Pages
401 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
1.4in
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
27.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Gn670.F56 1994
Table of Content
Figures Preface 1 Without Ships or Compass 2 Experimental Voyaging 3 Cultural Revival 4 More than Halfway Around the World 5 Wait for the West Wind 6 Voyage to Aotearoa 7 Sailing Back and Forth Between Hawai'i and Tahiti 8 Putting Voyaging Back into Polynesian Prehistory 9 The Family of the Canoe Appendixes About the Drawings Notes References Index
Copyright Date
1994
Lccn
94-003998
Dewey Decimal
910.4/5
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes
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