Treasury of Maori exploration: Legends relating to the first Polynesian explorers of New Zealand by Reed, A. W
Treasury of Maori exploration: Legends relating to the first Polynesian explorers of New Zealand by Reed, A. W
Hardcover, no inscriptions, minor spots to ends, minor shelf/edge wera, very good condition. Dust jacket faded spine, no price clipped. ISBN 9780589009779 Publisher: Wellington: Reed, 1977, Wellington, 1977
A fascinating study of the oral history, mythology, legend and folk-lore of how the Maori arrived in NZ, the canoe voyages they made, their points of origin and patterns of settlement and exploration in their new land. The book is in two parts, the canoes of creation and discovery and canoes of the explorers, in all a prologue and 17 chapters, with an epilogue, appendix on traditional canoes, glossary and index. 288 pages, textblock, brown hard covers with red spine titles
