Voyage of Rediscovery: A Cultural Odyssey Through Polynesia

by Ben Finney

Book Overview

In the summer of 1985, a mostly Hawaiian crew set out aboard Hokule'a, a reconstructed ancient double canoe, to demonstrate what skeptics had steadfastly denied: that their ancestors, sailing in such canoes and navigating solely by reading stars, ocean swells, and other natural signs, could intentionally have sailed across the Pacific, exploring the vast oceanic realm of Polynesia and discovering and settling all its inhabitable islands. Their...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520080025
• ISBN13: 9780520080027
• Release Date: November 1994
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 401 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"