From Maui To Cook: The Discovery And Settlement Of The Pacific
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Long before European explorers charted the vast blue expanse of the Pacific Ocean, Polynesian voyagers accomplished one of the most remarkable feats of navigation in human history — and From Maui to Cook: The Discovery and Settlement of the Pacific chronicles their extraordinary story with scholarly precision and breathtaking scope. David Lewis, himself a celebrated ocean navigator and anthropologist, presents the epic saga of how ancient Pacific peoples discovered and settled the world's greatest ocean, island by island, guided by stars, swells, and wind patterns across thousands of miles of open water. Drawing on decades of firsthand sailing experience and rigorous ethnographic research, Lewis argues compellingly that these indigenous navigators possessed sophisticated, systematic knowledge systems every bit as complex as those of their Western counterparts. Illustrated with evocative drawings by Walter Stackpool, the book brings to life the canoes, the wayfinding techniques, and the courageous communities that shaped the Pacific world long before Captain Cook ever set sail. Readers who believe they know the story of Pacific exploration will find their assumptions fundamentally and irrevocably challenged.
Author: David Lewis
Format: Hardback
Genre: Australasion & Pacific history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Long before European explorers charted the vast blue expanse of the Pacific Ocean, Polynesian voyagers accomplished one of the most remarkable feats of navigation in human history — and From Maui to Cook: The Discovery and Settlement of the Pacific chronicles their extraordinary story with scholarly precision and breathtaking scope. David Lewis, himself a celebrated ocean navigator and anthropologist, presents the epic saga of how ancient Pacific peoples discovered and settled the world's greatest ocean, island by island, guided by stars, swells, and wind patterns across thousands of miles of open water. Drawing on decades of firsthand sailing experience and rigorous ethnographic research, Lewis argues compellingly that these indigenous navigators possessed sophisticated, systematic knowledge systems every bit as complex as those of their Western counterparts. Illustrated with evocative drawings by Walter Stackpool, the book brings to life the canoes, the wayfinding techniques, and the courageous communities that shaped the Pacific world long before Captain Cook ever set sail. Readers who believe they know the story of Pacific exploration will find their assumptions fundamentally and irrevocably challenged.