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The Hawaiian Canoe - Temporarily Out Of Print |
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by Tommy Holmes $38.00
SKU: 001C ISBN 978-0-915013-52-4
Hardcover |
Two thousand years ago the canoe was the modern space ship… Using canoes, Polynesians probed the farthest reaches of the Pacific. By 1200 A.D. they had settled every habitable island in an expanse equal in size to the land mass of the Western hemisphere. Hawaii, the most isolated island chain on earth was discovered and settled more than a thousand years before Captain Cook. The Hawaiian Canoe by the late Tommy Holmes is the definitive work on this subject.
• Definitive work on history, skills and traditions of the Hawaiian canoe from ancient voyaging craft to the evolution of the modern racing canoe
• For students of Hawaiian maritime history a solidly researched, well-documented history of perhaps the world’s finest canoe
• Canoe Racing; a history of racing, as well as the evolution of modern racing canoes
• Interviews with kupuna, unpublished manuscripts and references in public and private collections
• Numerous diagrams and illustrations along with a wealth of photographs
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