Subjects “...Polynesians Migrations....”

Subjects

Table of Contents “...Colonisation of the Pacific Basin -- Polynesian voyaging and the colonisation of New Zealand --Linguistic evidence of the origins of the Maori language -- The date of first settlement of New Zealand -- Archaeological evidence for the settlement of New Zealand from Eastern Polynesia --Biological evidence of Maori relationships with Polynesian populations....”

Table of Contents “...Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part One : The navigators of Polynesia : The peopling of the Pacific : The ancient Polynesian explores : The discovery of Aotearoa -- The homeland of the Maori : Early theories : Contemporary theories : When did they arrive? ...”

“...Memoirs of the Polynesian Society...”

Table of Contents “...ORIGIN OF THE MAORIS: The Polynesians -- Islands of Origin -- Navigation -- II. ...”

Table of Contents “...Frances Steel: New Zealand and the Sea: An Introduction -- Part One: Horizons -- Atholl Anderson: Finding Tonganui: East Polynesian Seafaring and Migration to New Zealand -- Damon Salesa: Native Seas and Native Seaways: The Pacific Ocean and New Zealand -- Ben Maddison: People, Nature and the Southern Ocean -- Angela McCarthy: Over the Ocean Foam: Migrant Voyages from Britain and Ireland -- Tony Ballantyne: Maritime Connections and the Colonisation of New Zealand -- Peter Gilderdale: Taming the Migratory Divide -- Part Two: Lifeways -- Alison MacDiarmid: Humans and Marine Ecosystems: Insights from Large, Remote, Late-settled Islands -- Michael J. ...”
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Table of Contents “...Two races on islands in Pacific Ocean - Malay origin of Polynesians - Polynesian ideas of geography - Evidence of the Malay route to Polynesia - Date of Malay migration to Polynesia - Proof of Malay origin of New Zealanders -New Zealanders migrated from Navigator's Islands through Rarotonga, &c. - History of migration - Arrival in New Zealand -Probability of traditions -One migration to New Zealand - Date of arrival in New Zealand -Number of settlers from Hawaiki - Value of traditions -- 4. ...”
Available online from Early NZ Books (ENZB) - vol. 1
Available online from Early NZ Books (ENZB)