Andrew Crowe
Pathway of the Birds: The Voyaging Achievements of Māori and Their Polynesian Ancestors
Paperback
(University of Hawaii Press Aug. 31, 2018)
The skills of Polynesian navigators have been likened to those of early Greeks, Romans, Vikings, Indians and Chinese; however, their ability to find and re-find incredibly small and/or remote targets far excels that of any other race. How did Pacific wayfinders achieve this without instruments? Hawaiian master navigator Nainoa Thompson shares the key: 'Everything you need to navigate is in nature. The question is, can you see it?' In this illustrated multi-level book, natural history writer Andrew Crowe elaborates at length on this skill and how it contributes to a deeper understanding of one of the most expansive and rapid phases of human migration in prehistory, a period during which Polynesians reached and settled nearly every archipelago scattered across some 28 million square kilometres of the Pacific Ocean, an area now known as East Polynesia. Cover, Contents page and Foreword by Patrick V. Kirch available at independent.academia.edu/crowea.
- ISBN
- 0824878655 / 9780824878658
- Pages
- 288
- Weight
- 36.8 oz.
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 1.0 in.
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