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Pathway of the birds, the voyaging achievements of MÄ ori and their Polynesian ancestors, Andrew Crowe

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-279) and index

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Pathway of the birds

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Andrew Crowe

the voyaging achievements of MÄ ori and their Polynesian ancestors

Explores a neglected epoch of world history, one that saw Polynesians expand their territory across the world's largest ocean. Andrew Crowe has produced a masterful synthesis of the remarkable voyaging history of the Polynesians. Prof Patrick V. Kirch, Chancellor's Professor Emeritus and Professor of the Graduate School at the University of California at Berkeley. This book casts light on a neglected epoch of world history, one that saw Polynesians expand their territory across the world's largest ocean. Author Andrew Crowe has been collecting the research of a wide range of specialists for many years, assembling it as if the individual findings were pieces of one enormous jigsaw. From this broad focus has come a deep admiration for the skills, resourcefulness and courage of the people that drove this extraordinary feat of maritime exploration