Nomads of the wind : a natural history of Polynesia

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Nomads of the wind : a natural history of Polynesia

Peter Crawford

BBC Books, 1993

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 267) and index

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Accompanying a BBC2 series, this book tells the story of the Polynesians, a tenacious, voyaging people who sailed across the Pacific Ocean and discovered the paradise islands of the South Seas. Using the power of the wind and navigating by the stars, they crossed thousands of miles of open ocean in search of new lands such as Tahiti, Samao and New Zealand. The book explores the colourful plant and animal life which, like the Polynesians themselves, settled every speck of land in this extraordinary island world. From coral atolls alive with sharks and reef fish, to lush rain forests teeming with exotic plants, birds and insects, the islands of Polynesia have an intriguing natural history.

目次

  • The faraway heaven (Polynesia/Tahiti)
  • birth and death of the noble savage (Tahiti)
  • crossroads of the Pacific (Fiji)
  • the cradle of Polynesia (Samoa)
  • nomads of the wind (voyaging through Polynesia)
  • burning their boats (Tonga and the Cook Islands)
  • the land of man (Marquesa Islands)
  • outpost of the rising sun (Easter Island)
  • the theft of paradise (Hawaiian Islands)
  • land of the long white cloud (New Zealand)
  • new horizons (progress and the future of Polynesia).

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