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Voyagers - The Settlement of the Pacific (Paperback)
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Voyagers - The Settlement of the Pacific (Paperback)
Series: The Landmark Library
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Discovery Miles 3 690
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The extraordinary sixty-thousand-year history of how the Pacific
islands were settled. 'Takes readers on a narrative odyssey' Wall
Street Journal, Books of the Year 'Highlights a dizzying burst of
new research' The Economist 'A refreshing addition to the canon of
literature that contemplates Oceanic navigation' Noelle Kahanu 'I
would not be surprised if, after reading this masterpiece, many
readers are compelled to take up voyaging themselves' Science
Magazine Thousands of islands, inhabited by a multitude of
different peoples, are scattered across the vastness of the
Pacific. The first European explorers to visit Oceania, from the
sixteenth century on, were astounded and perplexed to find
populations thriving so many miles from the nearest continents. Who
were these people and where did they come from? In Voyagers, the
distinguished anthropologist Nicholas Thomas charts the course of
the seaborne migrations that populated the islands between Asia and
the Americas. Drawing on the latest research, including insights
gained from linguistics, archaeology, and the re-enactment of
voyages, Thomas provides a dazzling account of these long-distance
migrations, the sea-going technologies that enabled them, and the
societies that they left in their wake.
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