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Pacific Nations Territories Workbook


Pacific Nations Territories Workbook
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Author : Reilly Ridgell
language : en
Publisher: Bess Press
Release Date : 1995-07

Pacific Nations Territories Workbook written by Reilly Ridgell and has been published by Bess Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-07 with categories.


Complete reference for the islands of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia. RL7



Historical Dictionary Of Polynesia


Historical Dictionary Of Polynesia
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Author : Robert D. Craig
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2011

Historical Dictionary Of Polynesia written by Robert D. Craig and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with History categories.


The term Polynesia refers to a cultural and geographical area in the Pacific Ocean, bound by what is commonly referred to as the Polynesian Triangle, which consists of Hawai'i in the north, New Zealand in the southwest, and Easter Island in the southeast. Thousands of islands are scattered throughout this area, most of which are currently included in one of the modern island states of American Samoa, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Hawai'i, New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga, Tokelau, Tuvalu, and Wallis and Futuna. The third edition of the Historical Dictionary of Polynesia greatly expands on the previous editions through a chronology, an introductory essay, an expansive bibliography, and over 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, events, places, organizations, and other aspects of Polynesian history from the earliest times to the present. Appendixes of the major islands and atolls within Polynesia, the rulers and administrators of the 13 major island states, and basic demographic information of those states are also included.



Polynesia In Early Historic Times


Polynesia In Early Historic Times
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Author : Douglas L. Oliver
language : en
Publisher: Bess Press
Release Date : 2002

Polynesia In Early Historic Times written by Douglas L. Oliver and has been published by Bess Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.


"This book presents a comprehensive and balanced description of major aspects of Polynesian cultures, using both the accounts of the European "discoverers" and the up-to-date writings of archaeologists and anthropologists".--BOOKJACKET.



French Polynesia History And Culture


French Polynesia History And Culture
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Author : Martial Moutcho
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-02-14

French Polynesia History And Culture written by Martial Moutcho and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-14 with categories.


French Polynesia History and Culture. Early Settlement. People, Tradition and Lifestyle. A Book for tourism and Information. Polynesian culture, the beliefs and practices of the indigenous peoples of the ethnogeographic group of Pacific Islands known as Polynesia (from Greek poly 'many' and nesoi 'islands'). Polynesia encompasses a huge triangular area of the east-central Pacific Ocean. The triangle has its apex at the Hawaiian Islands in the north and its base angles at New Zealand (Aotearoa) in the west and Easter Island (Rapa Nui) in the east. It also includes (from northwest to southeast) Tuvalu, Tokelau, Wallis and Futuna, Samoa (formerly Western Samoa), American Samoa, Tonga, Niue, the Cook Islands, French Polynesia (Tahiti and the other Society Islands, the Marquesas Islands, the Austral Islands, and the Tuamotu Archipelago, including the Gambier Islands (formerly the Mangareva Islands), and Pitcairn Island. At the turn of the 21st century, about 70 percent of the total population of Polynesia resided in Hawaii



Sea People


Sea People
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Author : Christina Thompson
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2019-03-12

Sea People written by Christina Thompson and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-12 with Biography & Autobiography categories.


A 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.



Voyage Of Rediscovery


Voyage Of Rediscovery
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Author : Ben Finney
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2023-11-15

Voyage Of Rediscovery written by Ben Finney and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-15 with Social Science categories.


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.



French Polynesia


French Polynesia
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Author : Nancy J. Pollock
language : en
Publisher: [email protected]
Release Date : 1988

French Polynesia written by Nancy J. Pollock and has been published by [email protected] this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with History categories.




American Polynesia


American Polynesia
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Author : Edwin Horace Bryan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1941

American Polynesia written by Edwin Horace Bryan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1941 with Coral reefs and islands categories.




Ancient Voyagers In Polynesia


Ancient Voyagers In Polynesia
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Author : Andrew Sharp
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1964

Ancient Voyagers In Polynesia written by Andrew Sharp and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with Māori (New Zealand people) categories.




Pacific Neighbors


Pacific Neighbors
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Author : Betty Dunford
language : en
Publisher: Bess Press
Release Date : 1996

Pacific Neighbors written by Betty Dunford and has been published by Bess Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with History categories.


Complete reference for the islands of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia. RL4