We, the navigators : the ancient art of landfinding in the Pacific /
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| Author / Creator: | Lewis, David, 1917-2002 |
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Imprint: | Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, c1994. |
| Description: | xxi, 442 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1560160 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword to the first edition / S. H. Riesenberg
- 1. Rediscovery of a Vanishing Art
- 2. Piecing the Mosaic
- 3. Voyaging Canoes
- 4. Steering by the Stars
- 5. Keeping Course by Sun, Swells, and Wind
- 6. Dead Reckoning
- 7. Orientation Concepts in Dead Reckoning
- 8. Island Blocks, Birds, and Clouds
- 9. Swell Patterns and Phosphorescence
- 10. Expanded Target Landfall in Practice
- 11. Position Fixing at Sea
- 12. Reasons for Voyaging
- 13. The Renaissance of Far Voyaging
- 14. The Long Seaways of Eastern Polynesia
- Appendix I: Variations of Star Bearings with Latitude / V. Radhakrishnan
- Appendix II: Directional Marks Ashore
- Appendix III: Table of Tahitian Star Pillars and Islands
- Locations of the Main Islands and Other Places.