Voyage: The Discovery of Hawaii
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AS NEW FIRST EDITION dust jacket hardcover, clean NEW text, free tracking number, solid binding, NO remainders NOT ex-library, smoke free; slight gentle shelfwear / storage-wear; previous owner notation on endpaper WE SHIP FAST. Carefully packed and quickly sent. 201905526 "In double canoes they came more than 1,300 years ago, searching northward into an unknown sea. Sailing on strange winds, paddling though doldrum calms, braving high seas and storms they persisted in their quest for new land. Behind them lay the isles of the South Pacific which their "Voyage is a stunning blend of poetic fiction and scientific data, text and illustrations combining to illuminate, entertain, and provide a strangely moving experience." Here is a story in Homeric terms of a people who, without the benefits of metals or writing, had developed the sophisticated technology and navigation skills which enabled them to explore and settle the immense area of the earth's surface now known as Polynesia. This feat was completed long before European open-ocean exploration began. ancestors had discovered centuries earlier."Please choose Priority / Expedited shipping for faster delivery. (No shipping to Mexico, Brazil, Argentina or Italy.)