Voyage Of Rediscovery
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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.
Voyage Of Rediscovery
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Author : Ben R. Finney
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1994-11-09
Voyage Of Rediscovery written by Ben R. 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 1994-11-09 with Social Science categories.
. By sailing in the wake of their ancestors, the Hawaiians and other Polynesians who captained, navigated, and crewed Hokulea made the long journey described in Voyage of Rediscovery a truly cultural as well as scientific odyssey of exploration into their ancestral past.
Voyage Of Rediscovery 1673 1973
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Author : Giles Clark
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
Voyage Of Rediscovery 1673 1973 written by Giles Clark and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Canoes and canoeing categories.
Voyage Of Rediscovery
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Author : John Krist
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2004
Voyage Of Rediscovery written by John Krist and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Lewis and Clark Expedition categories.
More than two centuries ago, President Thomas Jefferson sent a hardy band of explorers on an unparalleled voyage of discovery across uncharted America. Members of the Lewis and Clark expedition were the first U.S. citizens to cross the Continental Divide, the first to reach the Pacific by land, the first to map the landscape that would someday become central to the nation's identity. They also were the last to describe the West before it underwent radical change at the hands of traders, trappers, soldiers and settlers. As the 2003-2006 bicentennial of the expedition approached, veteran journalist John Krist set out to retrace the explorers' path, hoping to answer a few deceptively simple questions. What is it like on the trail today? What was it like 200 years ago? What can we learn about the West, and about the nation itself, by examining it through the unique lens of the explorers' journals and letters? Voyage of Rediscovery interweaves tales from the trail with analysis of some of the most compelling environmental issues facing the region. Mixing adventure, history, science and sorrow, it paints an evocative portrait of the modern American West and the people who call it home.
A Voyage Of Rediscovery
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Author : Eric Midwinter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
A Voyage Of Rediscovery written by Eric Midwinter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Autobiography categories.
Juan Rodr Guez Cabrillo
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Author : Wendy J. Kramer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Juan Rodr Guez Cabrillo written by Wendy J. Kramer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula) categories.
Abbotsford Station
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Author : Kevin George Sambrano
language : en
Publisher: Thinkin' Out Loud Productions
Release Date : 2003
Abbotsford Station written by Kevin George Sambrano and has been published by Thinkin' Out Loud Productions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with British Columbia categories.
Abbotsford Station
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Author : K. G. Sambrano
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Abbotsford Station written by K. G. Sambrano and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with categories.
Pacific Navigation And Voyaging
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Author : Ben R. Finney
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 1976
Pacific Navigation And Voyaging written by Ben R. Finney and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Boats and boating categories.
From Sea To Space
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Author : Ben R. Finney
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
From Sea To Space written by Ben R. Finney and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Business & Economics categories.
Insights gained into the ancient methods of travel by means of the canoe Hokulea have clarified early exploration patterns in Polynesia and convinced Finney that these explorations held relevance for the next phase of human outreach and colonisation, the investigation of space.--cf. Preface.