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Evans, Jeff.

The discovery of Aotearoa / Jeff Evans; foreword by Francis Cowan. - 128 pages : illustrations, maps, plans, portraits ; 25 cm

Diagram on inside back cover. Part one covers "the causes and characteristics of Polynesian migration, the location of the Maori homeland, the legend of Kupe, traditional Polynesian navigation, and the preservation of seafaring knowledge in Maori tradition"--Back cover. Part two gives ... "a first-hand account of the building and sailing of the voyaging canoe Hawaiki-nui which sailed from Tahiti to Aotearoa in late 1985"--Introd.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-126) and index.

ISBN: 0790006499 9780790006499

LCCN: 99194289

Subjects--Personal Names:
Kupe--Legends.
Brightwell, Matahi--Travel--New Zealand.
Cowan, Francis--Travel--New Zealand.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Hawaiki-nui (Canoe)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Maori (New Zealand people)--History--To 1840.
Navigation--History--Polynesia
Polynesians--Migrations
Navigation--Polynesia
Māori (New Zealand people)--Boats
Tohunga kōkōrangi
Hekenga

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
New Zealand--Discovery and exploration--Maori.

LC Class. No.: DU410 / .E93 1998

Dewey Class. No.: 919.9304