From Maui to Cook : the discovery and settlement of the Pacific / David Lewis ; drawings by Walter Stackpool.

By:

Lewis, David, 1917-2002

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Sydney, N.S.W. : Doubleday Australia, 1977.Description: 212 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

086824001X
9780868240015
0868240028
9780868240022

Subject(s):

Oceania -- Discovery and exploration

Contents:

[Part] One. The founding fathers. 1. Man comes to the South Seas -- 2. Islands under the stars : the navigators of Polynesia -- 3. Peoples of the Pacific Rim -- [Part] Two. The westerners. 4. "We will eat the leather from the yards" -- 5. Spain challenged -- 6. Mendaña's swan song, Quiros, and Torres -- 7. Spain overtaken -- 8. Privateer and naval squadron -- 9. The scientific explorers -- [Part] Three. Fa'a Pasifika. 10. Clash of cultures -- 11. Voyages of exploration into the past.

Summary: The story of Pacific exploration seen through the eyes of a modern-day seagoing adventurer. It ranges from prehistoric times - when legend says the god Maui fished the North Island of New Zealand out of the sea - to the culmination of European exploration by Cook and concludes with the resurgence of voyaging by Pacific Islanders in their traditional craft.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Texts - cam	TNU, Faculty of Education, Arts and Humanities Pasifika Collection	PAC 990 LEW (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan	FEAH25082585

Maps on lining papers.

New Zealand author.

Pacific area, ca B.C.58-ca A.D.1850 (ANB/PRECIS SIN 0194719).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-212).

The story of Pacific exploration seen through the eyes of a modern-day seagoing adventurer. It ranges from prehistoric times - when legend says the god Maui fished the North Island of New Zealand out of the sea - to the culmination of European exploration by Cook and concludes with the resurgence of voyaging by Pacific Islanders in their traditional craft.