We, the navigators : the ancient art of landfinding in the Pacific

Author(s)

• Lewis, David Henry

Bibliographic Information

We, the navigators : the ancient art of landfinding in the Pacific

David Lewis ; Sir Derek Oulton, editor

University of Hawaii Press, c1994

2nd ed

• : alk paper

Note

Bibliography: p. 419-431

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This new edition includes a discussion of theories about traditional methods of navigation developed during recent decades, the story of the renaissance of star navigation throughout the Pacific, and material about navigation systems in Indonesia, Siberia, and the Indian Ocean.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA25208912
• ISBN:
  • 9780824815820
• LCCN: 93044019
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Honolulu
• Pages/Volumes: xxi, 442 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : GN440
  • DC20 : 623.89/099
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Navigation -- South Pacific Ocean
  • LCSH : Polynesians
  • LCSH : Micronesians