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Polynesian navigation
From: Paul Hirose
Date: 2018 Sep 12, 12:10 -0700
From: Paul Hirose
Date: 2018 Sep 12, 12:10 -0700
Last year I mentioned an article in the November 1943 issue of Popular Science which outlined some of the principles in "The Raft Book" by Harold Gatty. "Ancient art of the Polynesians is rediscovered to aid seamen and flyers adrift far from land." https://books.google.com/books?id=wCcDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA4&source=gbs_toc&cad=2