From sea to space
By: Ben Finney.
Series: The Macmillan Brown lectures,; 1989
Publisher: Massey University; Distributed elsewhere by University Press of Hawaii
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Palmerston North, N.Z; [S.l.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Ethnology -- Polynesia.; Navigation -- Polynesia.; Nuclear weapons -- Testing -- French Polynesia.; Interplanetary voyages.; Space colonies.; French Polynesia -- Economic conditions.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.