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From sea to space
- Title
- From sea to space / Ben Finney.
- Author
- Finney, Ben R.
- Publication
- Palmerston North, N.Z. : Massey University, 1992.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Massey University.
- Description
- 128 pages : illustrations, maps; 22 cm.
- Summary
- 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.
- Series Statement
- The Macmillan Brown lectures ; 1989
- Uniform Title
- Macmillan Brown lectures ; 1989.
- Subject
- Hōkūleʿa (Canoe)
- Hōkūleʻa (Canoe)
- Navigation > Polynesia
- Ocean travel
- Polynesians > Travel > History
- Nuclear weapons testing victims > French Polynesia
- Astronautics and civilization
- Space colonies
- Human beings > Evolution
- Human evolution
- Navigation > Polynésie
- Polynésiens > Voyages > Histoire
- Victimes d'essais nucléaires > Polynésie française
- Astronautique et civilisation
- Colonies spatiales
- Êtres humains > Évolution
- space colonies
- Astronautics and civilization
- Discoveries in geography
- Economic history
- Exploration of outer space
- Navigation
- Nuclear weapons testing victims
- Ocean travel
- Politics and government
- Social conditions
- Space colonies
- Iwi taketake
- Outer space > Exploration
- Polynesia > Discovery and exploration
- French Polynesia > History
- French Polynesia > Economic conditions
- French Polynesia > Social conditions
- French Polynesia > Politics and government
- Espace extra-atmosphérique > Exploration
- Polynésie > Découverte et exploration
- French Polynesia
- Outer space
- Polynesia
- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- "Three essays ... delivered at Massey University in September 1989"--Back cover.
- "Distributed in Australia ... by Dunmore Press ... elsewhere by University Press of Hawaii"--Title page verso.
- "Hōkūleʻa ... Polynesian voyaging canoe ... sailing ... a 12,000 nautical mile voyage from Hawaii to New Zealand and return. What do Tahitians and other French Polynesians think about France's nuclear testing program ... what lies in store for humanity ... in space"--Back cover.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 126-128)
- Contents
- Voyaging into Polynesia's past -- Nuclear hostages -- One species or a million?
- ISBN
- 0908665598
- 9780908665594
- LCCN
- 92194058
- OCLC
- ocm26514103
- 26514103
- SCSB-2005902
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library