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Re: Traditional Polynesian 'location indicators'
From: D Winchurch
Date: 2004 Feb 23, 16:32 -0500
From: D Winchurch
Date: 2004 Feb 23, 16:32 -0500
The Steve Thomas' book is still in print and is quite interesting. Incidentally, the author is host on the PBS TV program, "This Old House" Dick ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan HoganTo: Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 7:42 PM Subject: Re: Traditional Polynesian 'location indicators' > 2 good books (probably out of print) on Micronesian navigation, besides > David Lewis', are: > > The Last Navigator, by Stephen D. Thomas, Henry Holt & Co., 1987, ISBN > 0-8050-0096-8 > > East Is a Big Bird, by Thomas Gladwin, Harvard University Press., 1970, > ISBN 0-674-22425-6 > > Dan Hogan > dhhogan1@earthlink.net > Navigation-L: http://www.wa6pby.com