We, the navigators
Subtitle: the ancient art of landfinding in the Pacific
By: David Lewis ; Sir Derek Oulton, editor.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Honolulu
Language: eng
Number of pages: 442
Subjects: Navigation -- South Pacific Ocean; Polynesians; Micronesians
Description: The second edition of David Lewis' classic book on Pacific navigation promises to satisfy yet again scholars and seafarers alike - and all others who have marveled at the ability of island mariners to navigate hundreds of miles of open ocean without instruments.

The new edition includes a discussion of theories about traditional methods of navigation developed during the past two decades, the story of the renaissance of star navigation throughout the Pacific, and material about navigation system in Indonesia, Siberia, and the Indian Ocean.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 419-431) and index.