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Bezig met laden... The Quest for Origins: Who First Discovered and Settled New Zealand and the Pacific Islands?door Kerry Howe
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I didn't read this title word for word (in fact, I basically skipped the sunken continents theory chapter) but it's definitely interesting in that you get the current accepted answers to Pacific Island settlement and a look at the 200 year history of researching (ok, that's generous for some of the wackadoo ideas but you get what I mean) the settlement pattern of the last habitable lands on earth. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Recent media speculation about who 'discovered' New Zealand (the Spanish? Phoenician? Portugese?) has provided continuing evidence of New Zealanders 'fascination with our origins and where we've come from. The Spanish helmet, the Tamil bell, the Korotahi bird, and so on and so on... All focus on other explanations of our origins and settlement. Was Tasman really the first? What about the Spanish galleon buried in the sand off Dargaville? And didn't the Maori come from South America? Or were they descended from the Hopi Indians of the US? In this provocative and fascinating book Professor Kerry Howe traces dozens of explanations and theories of both pre-Maori and pre-European settlement and assesses each one. At the same time he places them in their intellectual, historical and cultural context. The book uses maps and illustrations and scholarly research but is carefully written for a general lay audience and is not an academic book. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)995.0072History and Geography Oceania and elsewhere Melanesia; New GuineaLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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