Polynesian Navigation and the Discovery of New Zealand

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Jeff Evans

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Paperback / softback

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The Polynesian navigator Kupe is credited with the discovery of the land his expedition named Aotearoa, land of the long white cloud. How did he and the many canoes that followed find their way without modern navigational techniques through perilous seas in wooden canoes? By examining myth, star charts and contemporary Polynesian seafaring, Jeff Evans traces the methods by which the early explorers made their epic voyages in Part One. The book's second part travels with Maori canoe expert Matahi Brightwell and navigator Frances Cowan aboard the traditional canoe Hawaiki-nui following traditional navigation with no modern aids on its historic voyage from Tahiti down to New Zealand.

Author Biography:

Jeff Evans is a writer and photographer based in Auckland. He has written several books relating to waka, including Nga Waka o Nehera, Polynesian Navigation and the Discovery of New Zealand and Waka Taua: The Maori War Canoe. Between them, these books recall Maori migration traditions, describe navigation skills used by Maori to voyage between the islands in the central Pacific and New Zealand, and introduce the reader to waka taua. His most recent books are a biography of Hec Busby, Heke-nuku-mai-nga-iwi Busby: Not Here by Chance (Huia), and Reawakened: traditional navigators of Te Moana Nui a Kiwa (Massey University Press 2021).

Release date NZ

April 12th, 2017

Author

Jeff Evans

Collection

New Zealand

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

128

Dimensions

175x245x7

ISBN-13

9780947506407

Product ID

26793487

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