East Is a Big Bird : : Navigation and Logic on Puluwat Atoll /

East Is a Big Bird : : Navigation and Logic on Puluwat Atoll / / Thomas GLADWIN.

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Puluwat Atoll in Micronesia, with a population of only a few hundred proud seafaring people, can fulfill anyone's romantic daydream of the South Seas. Thomas Gladwin has written a beautiful and perceptive book which describes the complex navigational systems of the Puluwat natives, yet has done...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999
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GLADWIN, Thomas,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022]
©1970
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (259 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Maps and Diagrams
  • Preface
  • 1. A Sail in the Sun
  • 2. The Way of the Voyager
  • 3. Canoes
  • 4. The Navigators
  • 5. Navigation under the Big Bird
  • 6. Perspectives on Thinking
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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