The Prehistoric Exploration and Colonisation of the Pacific

The exploration and colonization of the Pacific is a remarkable episode in human prehistory. Early sea-going explorers had no knowledge of Pacific geography, no instruments for measuring time and none for exploration. Forty years of modern archaeology, experimental voyages in rafts, and computer simulations of voyages have produced an normous range of literature on this controversial subject. This book represents a major advance in knowledge of the settlement of the Pacific by suggesting that exploration was rapid, purposeful and undertaken systematically, and that navigation methods progressively improved.

Author: Geoffrey Irwin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 06/24/1994
Pages: 260
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.04lbs
Size: 9.72h x 7.40w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780521476515

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