Pathway of the Birds: The Voyaging Achievements of Māori and their Polynesian Ancestors - Softcover

Crowe, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0824878655 ISBN 13: 9780824878658

Verlag: University of Hawai'i Press, 2018

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Andrew Crowe has without doubt produced a major work of scholarly synthesis regarding the voyaging achievements and history of the Polynesians, one that will be accessible to the lay reader yet also required reading for the serious scholar of this fascinating region.--Patrick Vinton Kirch Andrew Crowe has as-sembled a stunning amount of evidence from archaeology, ge-netics, linguistics, meteorol-ogy, astronomy, zoology and tradition to show not only that the Polynesians knew how to navigate across the seemingly trackless waves but the paths they followed, their techniques for locating islands and how they adapted to so many differ-ent environments. Wonderfully informative and entertaining.--Patrick Vinton Kirch "New Zealand Weekend Herald" Although departing from classical narratives of migrations, [Crowe's] organisation remains compelling and surely succeeds in demonstrating the unrivalled voyaging capacities of Polynesians generally and Maori specifically. . . . Another noteworthy quality of the book lies in the exhaustive review of Polynesian places. Crowe does not omit archipelagos commonly left aside in the big narratives. . . . Chapter 10 remains in my view a tour de force of this volume. Crowe describes here what a voyage of settlement may have looked like in the most accurate and vivid way.--Guillaume Molle, Australian National University "The Journal of the Polynesian Society, 128:2 (June 2019)" I was impressed with how many different disciplines--scientific disciplines--are all threaded together in one book. . . . It's beautifully researched, very in-depth. . . . Crowe's linguistic knowledge is truly impressive. . . . A beautiful, beautiful book. [To listen to the whole review on demand, go to: radiolive.co.nz/home/on-demand/weekend-variety-wireless/2018/09/-pathway-of-the-birds.html]--Guillaume Molle, Australian National University "Radio review by Lisa Matisoo-Smith, University of Otago" Crowe's book [is] a highly readable and lucid account of the early Polynesians' epic saga. Illustrated with photographs and maps, his account of the Pacific's cultural, ecological and navigational settlement will appeal to both the general reader and the specialist.--Guillaume Molle, Australian National University "New Zealand Listener" Pathway of the Birds contains such fascinating history, vignettes, maps, and images, the reader will be drawn to read it again and again and absorb more details along the way. . . . Crowe has assembled a compelling picture of the Polynesian age of exploration and settlement that provides a necessary contribution to the existing literature.--Kathryn Lage Librarian, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories / Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute "The Globe: Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Map Society Inc., 85:1 (2019)"

Reseña del editor

This book tells of one of the most expansive and rapid phases of human migration in prehistory, a period during which Polynesians reached and settled nearly every archipelago scattered across some 28 million square kilometres of the Pacific Ocean, an area now known as East Polynesia. Through an engaging narrative and over 400 maps, diagrams, photographs, and illustrations, Crowe conveys some of the skills, innovation, resourcefulness, and courage of the people that drove this extraordinary feat of maritime expansion. In this masterful work, Andrew Crowe integrates a diversity of research and viewpoints in a format that is both accessible to the lay reader and required reading for any serious scholar of this fascinating region.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University of Hawai'i Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0824878655
• ISBN 13: 9780824878658
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 258