Canoes Of The Grand Ocean
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Canoes Of The Grand Ocean
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Author : Anne Di Piazza
language : en
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
Release Date : 2008
Canoes Of The Grand Ocean written by Anne Di Piazza and has been published by British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Social Science categories.
This collection of essays examines the canoes of the Pacific islands. The first section reflects the strangeness of the canoes to early European explorers, looking at their accounts, and at exchanges between islanders and Europeans. There is also a fascinating piece about the importance of the canoe in Polynesian conceptions of space and time.
Wangka
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Author : Edwin B. Doran
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Wangka written by Edwin B. Doran and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with History categories.
Were the Austronesians hapless travelers on fragile craft, drifted at the mercy of the waves to the far-flung islands of the Pacific? Or were they intrepid seafarers whose exploratory voyages covered much of the great ocean on seaworthy canoes capable of being sailed against the wind? This book addresses these questions in one of the most thorough discussions of Austronesian sailing canoes ever attempted.
The Ultimate Canoe Challenge
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Author : Brand Frentz
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2004-12
The Ultimate Canoe Challenge written by Brand Frentz and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-12 with categories.
Verlen Kruger and his partner Steve Landick wanted to take a canoe trip that would surpass all others, and they did. Paddling their canoes or carrying them on the connecting land passages, they toured North America, from the Arctic Ocean to Baja California, from New Orleans to the coast of Maine, crossing the USA from south to north and west to east. They mastered wild storms on the ocean, often paddled 75-100 miles or more in a day, shot through deadly rapids going downstream, and paddled up several major rivers, reaching the climax by going up the Grand Canyon. Again and again they were warned, "It can't be done" or "You'll never make it", but each time they rose to the challenge and kept going, finally competing a canoe trip of 28,000 miles that lasted three and a half years and was appropriately named The Ultimate Canoe Challenge. This is the story as Verlen lived it.
Outrigger Canoes In Ancient China And Indo Pacific Ocean
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Author : Shun-Sheng Ling
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
Outrigger Canoes In Ancient China And Indo Pacific Ocean written by Shun-Sheng Ling and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with categories.
Types Of Canoes On Puget Sound
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Author : Geraldine Coffin
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-06-02
Types Of Canoes On Puget Sound written by Geraldine Coffin and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-02 with History categories.
The purpose of this work was to describe the types of canoes found at that time on the area of Puget Sound and then summarize, as much as possible, the distribution of these types into other regions based on meager information. The location of Puget sound lies in a general way toward the center of this region, and in this surrounding, the widest variety of canoes seem to be in use. The samples on which this work is based were gathered for the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, near Seattle Content includes: Introduction Specialization of the North Pacific Canoe into Different Models Points of Interest in the Various Types The War Canoe The "Freight Canoe" The "Trolling Canoe" The "Shovel-nose Canoe" The "One-man Canoe" The "Children's Canoe" Native Terms for the Parts of the Canoe Distribution of the Various Types Conclusions
The Bark Canoes And Skin Boats Of North America
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Author : Edwin Tappan Adney
language : en
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
Release Date : 2015-10-27
The Bark Canoes And Skin Boats Of North America written by Edwin Tappan Adney and has been published by Smithsonian Institution this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-27 with History categories.
The bark canoes of the North American Indians, particularly those of birchbark, were among the most highly developed manually propelled primitive watercraft. They could be used to carry heavy loads in shallow streams but were light enough to be hauled long distances over land. Built with Stone Age tools from available materials, their design, size, and appearance were varied to suit the many requirements of their users. Upon arrival in North America, European settlers began using the native-made craft for traveling through the wilderness. Even today, canoes are based on these ancient designs. This fascinating guide combines historical background with instructions for constructing one. Author Edwin Tappan Adney, born in 1868, devoted his life to studying canoes and was practically the sole scholar in his field. His papers and research have been assembled by a curator at the Smithsonian Institution, and illustrated with black-and-white line drawings, diagrams, and photos. Included here are measurements, detailed drawings, construction methods, and models. The book covers canoes from Newfoundland to the Pacific Ocean, as well as umiaks and kayaks from the Arctic.
The Oxford Handbook Of Prehistoric Oceania
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Author : Terry L. Hunt
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018-04-03
The Oxford Handbook Of Prehistoric Oceania written by Terry L. Hunt and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-03 with Social Science categories.
Oceania was the last region on earth to be permanently inhabited, with the final settlers reaching Aotearoa/New Zealand approximately AD 1300. This is about the same time that related Polynesian populations began erecting Easter Island's gigantic statues, farming the valley slopes of Tahiti and similar islands, and moving finely made basalt tools over several thousand kilometers of open ocean between Hawai'i, the Marquesas, the Cook Islands, and archipelagos in between. The remarkable prehistory of Polynesia is one chapter of Oceania's human story. Almost 50,000 years prior, people entered Oceania for the first time, arriving in New Guinea and its northern offshore islands shortly thereafter, a biogeographic region labelled Near Oceania and including parts of Melanesia. Near Oceania saw the independent development of agriculture and has a complex history resulting in the greatest linguistic diversity in the world. Beginning 1000 BC, after millennia of gradually accelerating cultural change in Near Oceania, some groups sailed east from this space of inter-visible islands and entered Remote Oceania, rapidly colonizing the widely separated separated archipelagos from Vanuatu to S?moa with purposeful, return voyages, and carrying an intricately decorated pottery called Lapita. From this common cultural foundation these populations developed separate, but occasionally connected, cultural traditions over the next 3000 years. Western Micronesia, the archipelagos of Palau, Guam and the Marianas, was also colonized around 1500 BC by canoes arriving from the west, beginning equally long sequences of increasingly complex social formations, exchange relationships and monumental constructions. All of these topics and others are presented in The Oxford Handbook of Prehistoric Oceania written by Oceania's leading archaeologists and allied researchers. Chapters describe the cultural sequences of the region's major island groups, provide the most recent explanations for diversity and change in Oceanic prehistory, and lay the foundation for the next generation of research.
Canoes The World Over
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Author : Terence Thomas Quirke
language : en
Publisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 1952
Canoes The World Over written by Terence Thomas Quirke and has been published by Urbana : University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1952 with Canoes & Canoeing categories.
The Tongan Double Canoes
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Author : Peter Suren
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Release Date : 2018
The Tongan Double Canoes written by Peter Suren and has been published by Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Canoes and canoeing categories.
The double canoe constituted the backbone of Polynesian culture, since it enabled the Polynesians to enter and conquer the Pacific. In Tonga, a center of Polynesian navigation, two types were known: the tongiaki and the kalia. Contrary to most contributions, the author argues that the Tongans were not only the Western Pacific masters of navigation, but also of canoe designing. Typical of Polynesian canoes was the sewing technique which can be traced back to ancient India but was also practiced in Pharanoic Egypt and southern Europe. The legend of the magnetic mountain is to be viewed in this context. Oceanic navigation, which declined during the 19th century, had developed its own means of orientation at sea, including astronomy and meteorology.
Canoeing The Congo
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Author : Phil Harwood
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2013-05-06
Canoeing The Congo written by Phil Harwood and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-06 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Ex-Marine Phil Harwood embarked on an epic solo journey on the Congo, the eighth longest river in the world. He faced swamps, man-eating crocodiles, snakes and spiders’ webs the size of houses. He collapsed from malaria, and was arrested. But he also received tremendous hospitality from proud people long forgotten by the Western world.