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Pathway of the Birds
The Voyaging Achievements of Maori and Their Polynesian Ancestors
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"Andrew Crowe has produced a masterful synthesis of the remarkable voyaging history of the Polynesians." Prof Patrick V. Kirch, Chancellor's Professor Emeritus and Professor of the Graduate School at the University of California at Berkeley. Pathway of the Birds casts light on a neglected epoch of...
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"Andrew Crowe has produced a masterful synthesis of the remarkable voyaging history of the Polynesians." Prof Patrick V. Kirch, Chancellor's Professor Emeritus and Professor of the Graduate School at the University of California at Berkeley.
Pathway of the Birds casts light on a neglected epoch of world history, one that saw Polynesians expand their territory across the world's largest ocean. Author Andrew Crowe has been collecting the research of a wide range of specialists for many years, assembling it as if the individual findings were pieces of one enormous jigsaw.
From this broad focus has come a deep admiration for the skills, resourcefulness and courage of the people that drove this extraordinary feat of maritime exploration.
Awards:
- Winner for Non-Fiction - NZ Heritage Book Awards 2019
- Winner for Text or Reference and Illustration/Photography - Ka Palapala Po'okela Awards 2019
- Storylines Notable Book Award 2019
- Top Ten Non-Fiction for 2018 - Auckland Libraries
- Top Reads of 2018 - Weekend Herald
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781869539610
Publisher: David Bateman Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 10 August 2018
Country: New Zealand
Imprint: David Bateman Ltd
Illustration: Over 400 illustrations
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 190.0mm
Height: 252.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 288
About the Author
Andrew Crowe is a bestselling author with a special interest in helping make nature accessible to beginners of all ages. He has written over 40 nature books covering seashells, insects, spiders, birds and other animals and plants. Andrew has won numerous New Zealand book awards, including the Margaret Mahy Medal in 2009 for his overall contribution to children's literature and the Ashton Wylie Award in 2005 for a biography for teenagers on the Dalai Lama.
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