Polynesian Navigation and the Discovery of New Zealand
M E D I A R E L E A S E
22 August 2011
Polynesian Navigation and the Discovery of New
Zealand
Jeff Evans
The discovery of New
Zealand by Polynesian navigators represents the culmination
of one of the great waves of world exploration.
Without the modern navigational aids that Europeans
used to reach New Zealand centuries later, the navigator
Kupe and the many canoes that followed were able to find
their way through perilous seas in wooden canoes.
By
examining myth, star charts and contemporary Polynesian
seafaring, author and photographer Jeff Evans traces the
methods by which Polynesian explorers made their epic
voyages, supported by maps and illustrations.
Polynesian Navigation and the Discovery of New
Zealand also relates the voyage of the canoe Hawaiki-nui –
built following traditional methods and navigated without
modern instruments – from Tahiti to New Zealand in 1985.
First published in 1998 as The Discovery of Aotearoa,
the retitled and corrected book will now be permanently
available thanks to digital printing technology.
Release Date: 22 August 2011 | ISBN:
978-1-877514-15-9 | SRP
$39.99
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