Hawaiki Rising - Hokule'a, Nainoa Thompson, and the Hawaiian Renaissance (Paperback)

Attuned to a world of natural signs-the stars, the winds, the curl of ocean swells-Polynesian explorers navigated for thousands of miles without charts or instruments. They sailed against prevailing winds and currents aboard powerful double canoes to settle the vast Pacific Ocean. And they did this when Greek mariners still hugged the coast of an inland sea, and Europe was populated by stone-age farmers. Yet by the turn of the twentieth century, this story had been lost and Polynesians had become an oppressed minority in their own land. Then, in 1975, a replica of an ancient Hawaiian canoe-Hokule'a-was launched to sail the ancient star paths, and help Hawaiians reclaim pride in the accomplishments of their ancestors. Hawaiki Rising tells this story in the words of the men and women who created and sailed aboard Hokule'a. They speak of growing up at a time when their Hawaiian culture was in danger of extinction; of their vision of sailing ancestral sea-routes; and of the heartbreaking loss of Eddie Aikau in a courageous effort to save his crewmates when Hokule'a capsized in a raging storm. We join a young Hawaiian, Nainoa Thompson, as he rediscovers the ancient star signs that guided his ancestors, navigates Hokule'a to Tahiti, and becomes the first Hawaiian to find distant landfall without charts or instruments in a thousand years. Hawaiki Rising is the saga of an astonishing revival of indigenous culture by voyagers who took hold of the old story and sailed deep into their ancestral past.

General

Imprint:	University of Hawaii Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2019
Authors:	Sam Low
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	344
ISBN-13:	978-0-8248-7524-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Humanities > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples Books > Professional & Technical > Transport technology > Shipbuilding technology & engineering > Navigation & seamanship Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General Books > Biography > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8248-7524-9
Barcode:	9780824875244

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