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

Other author Howe, K. R.
Format Book
Publication InfoHonolulu : University of Hawaii Press, 2007.
Description360 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 30 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

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.
General noteOriginally published: Auckland, N.Z. : David Bateman, 2006.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 335-350) and index.
LCCN 2007009517
ISBN9780824832131 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0824832132 (hardcover : alk. paper)