From sea to space /
Ben Finney.

Description

Main Author

Finney, Ben R.

Related Names

Massey University

Language(s)

English

Published

Palmerston North, New Zealand : Massey University ; 1992.

Subjects

Hōkūleʻa (Canoe)
Nuclear weapons > Nuclear weapons / French Polynesia > Nuclear weapons / French Polynesia / Testing.
Navigation > Navigation / Polynesia
Ethnology > Ethnology / Polynesia
Space colonies
Interplanetary voyages
Nuclear weapons > Nuclear weapons / Testing > Nuclear weapons / Testing / Environmental aspects > Nuclear weapons / Testing / Environmental aspects / French Polynesia.
French Polynesia > French Polynesia / Economic conditions.
Outer space > Outer space / Exploration
Polynesia > Polynesia / History.
History

Summary

Insights gained into the ancient methods of travel by means of the canoe Hokulea have clarified early exploration patterns in Polynesia and convinced Finney that these explorations held relevance for the next phase of human outreach and colonisation, the investigation of space.--cf. Preface.

Physical Description

128 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.

ISBN

0908665598

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