Vaka Moana, Voyages of the Ancestors: The Discovery and Settlement of the Pacific

Vaka Moana, Voyages of the Ancestors: The Discovery and Settlement of the PacificThe discovery and settlement of the islands of the Pacific is the last and greatest story of human migration. The daring explorers who crossed the vast ocean that covers a third of the earths surface were the worlds first deepsea sailors and navigators. Thousands of years before any other peoples left the sight of land, they were venturing across unknown seas to settle far flung islands. This richly illustrated account of Pacific voyaging, past and

Original art by Douglas Poʻoloa Tolentino

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On the Kalaupapa peninsula on the island of Moloka‘i

these photographs recorded the contemporary expressions of tatau (tattoo) and told the story of the late Sulu’ape Paulo II

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As Christine Taitano DeLisle explains

presents the earliest illustrations and descriptions of Pacific peoples and cultures as they were observed and recorded on Captain James Cook’s third and final voyage (1776–1780) with HMS Resolution and Discovery

Released Dec 1

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