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The Tongan Double Canoes (Paperback, New edition)
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The double canoe constituted the backbone of Polynesian culture,
since it enabled the Polynesians to enter and conquer the Pacific.
In Tonga, a center of Polynesian navigation, two types were known:
the tongiaki and the kalia. Contrary to most contributions, the
author argues that the Tongans were not only the Western Pacific
masters of navigation, but also of canoe designing. Typical of
Polynesian canoes was the sewing technique which can be traced back
to ancient India but was also practiced in Pharanoic Egypt and
southern Europe. The legend of the magnetic mountain is to be
viewed in this context. Oceanic navigation, which declined during
the 19th century, had developed its own means of orientation at
sea, including astronomy and meteorology.
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