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Indigenous Navigation and Voyaging in the Pacific: A Reference Guide
Nicholas J. Goetzfridt
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Description for Indigenous Navigation and Voyaging in the Pacific: A Reference Guide
Hardback. This guide describes the literature on indigenous navigation and voyaging in the Pacific. The annotated bibliography covers journal articles and books pointing to materials of both recent and early origin. The entries are arranged by author under Pacific, Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia. Series: Bibliographies & Indexes in Anthropology. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QSP; GBCR; JHM; RGR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 640.
How have Pacific Islanders voyaged across the vast ocean around them and navigated their small crafts from one distant place to another for thousands of years? This reference guide describes the literature on indigenous navigation and voyaging in the Pacific. The annotated bibliography covers journal articles and books written in several languages, including English, German, Japanese, French, Spanish, and Dutch, pointing to materials of both recent and early origin. The entries are arranged alphabetically by author under Pacific (General), Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia chapters. Indexes to authors, geographic areas, and to subjects provide the reader with easy access to ... Read more
How have Pacific Islanders voyaged across the vast ocean around them and navigated their small crafts from one distant place to another for thousands of years? This reference guide describes the literature on indigenous navigation and voyaging in the Pacific. The annotated bibliography covers journal articles and books written in several languages, including English, German, Japanese, French, Spanish, and Dutch, pointing to materials of both recent and early origin. The entries are arranged alphabetically by author under Pacific (General), Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia chapters. Indexes to authors, geographic areas, and to subjects provide the reader with easy access to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Bibliographies & Indexes in Anthropology
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780313277399
SKU
V9780313277399
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99-10
About Nicholas J. Goetzfridt
NICHOLAS J. GOETZFRIDT is Assistant Professor of Library Science at the University of Guam. He is co-compiler of Micronesia 1975-1987: A Social Science Bibliography (Greenwood, 1989) and the author of reference works on indigenous languages and bilingual education in the Pacific. He is also the author of articles and reports concerned with library development in the Pacific.
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