Notes

Easter Island : out on a limb -- Pitcairn, Mangareva, Rapa and the Austral Islands : dark horses of the south -- The Hawaiian and Line islands : Maui's hook -- The Marquesas Islands : statues in the forest -- Traditional wayfinding at sea : expanding the target -- The Tuāmotu Archipelago : crossroads of East Polynesia -- The Society Islands : one Hawaiki among many -- Rarotonga and the Cook Islands : en route to New Zealand -- Exploration and discovery : nature's signposts to the Kermadecs and beyond -- Passage to New Zealand : planned voyages of settlement -- Settling New Zealand : adapting to a cool land -- Voyages of return : the cuckoos depart -- The western Pacific : a wider range of possibilities -- A mirror and a window : origins, achievements and loss
"This book casts light on a neglected epoch of world history, one that saw Polynesians expand their territory across the world's largest ocean. Author Andrew Crowe has been collecting the research of a wide range of specialists for many years, assembling it as if the individual findings were pieces of one enormous jigsaw. From this broad focus has come a deep admiration for the skills, resourcefulness and courage of the people that drove this extraordinary feat of maritime exploration."--Publisher description