- Navigation, Micronesians, Polynesians, Micronésiens
The second edition of David Lewis' classic book on Pacific navigation promises to satisfy yet again scholars and seafarers alike - and all others who have marveled at the ability of island mariners to navigate hundreds of miles of open ocean without instruments.
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Earnest, grave, warm and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- David Lewis, Derek Oulton
- First published
- 1972
- Pages
- 345
- Publisher
- University Press of Hawaii, Australian National University Press, University of Hawaii Press
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780824802295
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