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- catalog abstract "The second edition of David Lewis' classic book on Pacific navigation promises to satisfy yet again scholars and seafarers alike - and all others who have marveled at the ability of island mariners to navigate hundreds of miles of open ocean without instruments. The new edition includes a discussion of theories about traditional methods of navigation developed during the past two decades, the story of the renaissance of star navigation throughout the Pacific, and material about navigation system in Indonesia, Siberia, and the Indian Ocean.".
- catalog contributor b6540993.
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description "Foreword to the first edition / S.H. Riesenberg -- 1. Rediscovery of a Vanishing Art -- 2. Piecing the Mosaic -- 3. Voyaging Canoes -- 4. Steering by the Stars -- 5. Keeping Course by Sun, Swells, and Wind -- 6. Dead Reckoning -- 7. Orientation Concepts in Dead Reckoning -- 8. Island Blocks, Birds, and Clouds -- 9. Swell Patterns and Phosphorescence -- 10. Expanded Target Landfall in Practice -- 11. Position Fixing at Sea -- 12. Reasons for Voyaging -- 13. The Renaissance of Far Voyaging -- 14. The Long Seaways of Eastern Polynesia -- Appendix I: Variations of Star Bearings with Latitude / V. Radhakrishnan -- Appendix II: Directional Marks Ashore -- Appendix III: Table of Tahitian Star Pillars and Islands -- Locations of the Main Islands and Other Places.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 419-431) and index.".
- catalog description "The second edition of David Lewis' classic book on Pacific navigation promises to satisfy yet again scholars and seafarers alike - and all others who have marveled at the ability of island mariners to navigate hundreds of miles of open ocean without instruments. The new edition includes a discussion of theories about traditional methods of navigation developed during the past two decades, the story of the renaissance of star navigation throughout the Pacific, and material about navigation system in Indonesia, Siberia, and the Indian Ocean.".
- catalog extent "xxi, 442 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "We, the navigators.".
- catalog identifier "0824815823 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "We, the navigators.".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press,".
- catalog relation "We, the navigators.".
- catalog spatial "South Pacific Ocean.".
- catalog subject "623.89/099 20".
- catalog subject "GN440 .L48 1994".
- catalog subject "Micronesians.".
- catalog subject "Navigation South Pacific Ocean.".
- catalog subject "Polynesians.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Foreword to the first edition / S.H. Riesenberg -- 1. Rediscovery of a Vanishing Art -- 2. Piecing the Mosaic -- 3. Voyaging Canoes -- 4. Steering by the Stars -- 5. Keeping Course by Sun, Swells, and Wind -- 6. Dead Reckoning -- 7. Orientation Concepts in Dead Reckoning -- 8. Island Blocks, Birds, and Clouds -- 9. Swell Patterns and Phosphorescence -- 10. Expanded Target Landfall in Practice -- 11. Position Fixing at Sea -- 12. Reasons for Voyaging -- 13. The Renaissance of Far Voyaging -- 14. The Long Seaways of Eastern Polynesia -- Appendix I: Variations of Star Bearings with Latitude / V. Radhakrishnan -- Appendix II: Directional Marks Ashore -- Appendix III: Table of Tahitian Star Pillars and Islands -- Locations of the Main Islands and Other Places.".
- catalog title "We, the navigators : the ancient art of landfinding in the Pacific / David Lewis ; Sir Derek Oulton, editor.".
- catalog type "text".