Into The Rising Sun: The Voyage of the Whai from New Zealand to Japan by Peter Spurdle.
Into The Rising Sun: The Voyage of the Whai from New Zealand to Japan by Peter Spurdle.
Into The Rising Sun: The Voyage of the Whai from New Zealand to Japan by Peter Spurdle.
Into The Rising Sun: The Voyage of the Whai from New Zealand to Japan by Peter Spurdle.
Into The Rising Sun: The Voyage of the Whai from New Zealand to Japan by Peter Spurdle.
Into The Rising Sun: The Voyage of the Whai from New Zealand to Japan by Peter Spurdle.
Into The Rising Sun: The Voyage of the Whai from New Zealand to Japan by Peter Spurdle.
Into The Rising Sun: The Voyage of the Whai from New Zealand to Japan by Peter Spurdle.
Into The Rising Sun: The Voyage of the Whai from New Zealand to Japan by Peter Spurdle.
Into The Rising Sun: The Voyage of the Whai from New Zealand to Japan by Peter Spurdle.
Into The Rising Sun: The Voyage of the Whai from New Zealand to Japan by Peter Spurdle.
Into The Rising Sun: The Voyage of the Whai from New Zealand to Japan by Peter Spurdle.

Into The Rising Sun: The Voyage of the Whai from New Zealand to Japan by Peter Spurdle.

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Into The Rising Sun: The Voyage of the Whai from New Zealand to Japan by Peter Spurdle.

Published: Hodder and Stoughton, 1972, First Edition. SCARCE.

Very good hardback with jacket, binding firm, no inscriptions, a little bumping to edges, light tanning to pages, minor foxing. jacket is rubbed , marked and chipped. 191 pages, illustrated.

After returning home from World War Two, the author built what was at the time the largest steel-hulled motorised catamaran in New Zealand. He gathered a crew together and set off for Japan. This is an account of his voyage there and back. This book chronicles the remarkable journey of the Whai, a traditional Māori voyaging canoe, as it travels from New Zealand to Japan. It explores the cultural connections between the two nations and highlights the significance of the sun in their histories.

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Into The Rising Sun: The Voyage of the Whai from New Zealand to Japan by Peter Spurdle.
Into The Rising Sun: The Voyage of the Whai from New Zealand to Japan by Peter Spurdle.
Into The Rising Sun: The Voyage of the Whai from New Zealand to Japan by Peter Spurdle.
Into The Rising Sun: The Voyage of the Whai from New Zealand to Japan by Peter Spurdle.
Into The Rising Sun: The Voyage of the Whai from New Zealand to Japan by Peter Spurdle.
Into The Rising Sun: The Voyage of the Whai from New Zealand to Japan by Peter Spurdle.
Into The Rising Sun: The Voyage of the Whai from New Zealand to Japan by Peter Spurdle.
Into The Rising Sun: The Voyage of the Whai from New Zealand to Japan by Peter Spurdle.
Into The Rising Sun: The Voyage of the Whai from New Zealand to Japan by Peter Spurdle.
Into The Rising Sun: The Voyage of the Whai from New Zealand to Japan by Peter Spurdle.
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