Sökresultat för: Ben R. Finney
Voyage of Rediscovery: A Cultural Odyssey Through Polynesia (Övrig)
avMarlene Among, Chad Babayan, Tai Crouch, Paul Frost, Ben R. Finney
ISBN: 9780520080027 - UTGIVEN: 1994-10-27In 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 intentio[...]
Wangka: Austronesian Canoe Origins (Häftad)
avEdwin, Jr. Doran, Ben R. Finney
ISBN: 9781585440863 - UTGIVEN: 198112Were 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 addr[...]
