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Language: en
Pages: 240
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The science and stories behind the remarkable Polynesian settlement of the South Pacific and finally New Zealand, with plentiful illustrations and maps
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A blend of Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel and Simon Winchester’s Pacific, a thrilling intellectual detective story that looks deep into the past to
We, the Navigators
Language: en
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Authors: David Lewis
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This new edition includes a discussion of theories about traditional methods of navigation developed during recent decades, the story of the renaissance of star