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035 _a(OCoLC)00414759
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043 _apops---
082 0 _a572.996
100 1 _aBuck, Peter Henry,
_d1877?-1951.
245 1 0 _aVikings of the Pacific /
_bPeter H. Buck.
260 _aChicago :
_bUniversity of Chicago Press,
_cc1959
300 _a339 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c21 cm
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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490 1 _aPhoenix books ;
_vP31
500 _a"First published as Vikings of the sunrise."
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aThe great ocean -- The manner of men -- Whence came they? -- Ships and their builders -- The Eastern horizon -- Early explorers and settlers -- The centre of the triangle -- The hub of Polynesia -- The Southwest course -- The Northwest atolls -- The Northern equatorial islands -- The Northeastern radial -- South and Southeast -- The Eastern atolls -- On the trail of the rising sun -- The mystery of Pitcairn -- The apex of the triangle -- The Northern angle -- The Southern angle -- The base of the triangle -- The trail of plants and animals -- Epilogue.
520 _a"This work is an attempt to make known to the general public some of the romance associated with the settlement of Polynesia by a stone-age people who deserve to rank among the world's great navigators. The author uses tales from Polynesian myths regarding the creation of man and of the islands."--Review at Goodreads.com Dec. 2013.
650 0 _aPolynesians.
650 0 _aEthnology
_zPolynesia.
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830 0 _aPhoenix books (Chicago, Ill.) ;
_vP31.
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