18 Results for : polynesians
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Fanene,N.:New Zealand-born Polynesians
Erscheinungsdatum: 29.11.2013, Medium: Taschenbuch, Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert, Titel: New Zealand-born Polynesians and the Legacy of Academic Disadvantage, Autor: Fanene, Naila, Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller e.K., Sprache: Englisch, Rubrik: Erziehung // Bildung, Allgemeines, Lexika, Seiten: 144, Informationen: Paperback, Gewicht: 233 gr, Verkäufer: averdo- Shop: averdo
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Pacific Islander American
Erscheinungsdatum: 01/2010, Medium: Taschenbuch, Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert, Titel: Pacific Islander American, Titelzusatz: Pacific Islander American, Pacific Islander, 2000 United States Census, Indigenous Australians, Maori, Polynesians, Melanesia, Micronesia, Mufi Hannemann, Professional Wrestling, Redaktion: Surhone, Lambert M. // Timpledon, Miriam T. // Marseken, Susan F., Verlag: Betascript Publishers, Sprache: Englisch, Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften allgemein, Seiten: 160, Informationen: Paperback, Gewicht: 255 gr, Verkäufer: averdo- Shop: averdo
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Polynesians in America
Polynesians in America ab 120.99 € als epub eBook: Pre-Columbian Contacts with the New World. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Fachthemen & Wissenschaft, Sozialwissenschaften,- Shop: hugendubel
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Polynesians in America
Polynesians in America ab 162.49 € als gebundene Ausgabe: Pre-Columbian Contacts with the New World. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Wissenschaft, Sozialwissenschaft,- Shop: hugendubel
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New Zealand-born Polynesians and the Legacy of Academic Disadvantage
New Zealand-born Polynesians and the Legacy of Academic Disadvantage ab 58.99 € als Taschenbuch: . Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Wissenschaft, Pädagogik,- Shop: hugendubel
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Polynesian Mythology: A Concise Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Sagas, Rituals and Beliefs of Polynesian Myths , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 71min
This book is dedicated to exploring the gods and goddesses that the Polynesian people worshiped, and within the pages you will find more information about:Background facts about the Polynesian culture, such as family, social stratification, education, fishing, gardening, religion, art, and traditionsThe intriguing legend and background story of Maui, the tricksterPolynesian names from mythology and their meaningsRangi and Papa and the creation myth from the Polynesian islandsWhat Polynesians believed about ghosts and spiritsA brief overview of some of the main spirits and deities Polynesians believed inPolynesian mythology is intricate, complex, and the ideals behind some of their mythological beliefs were often intertwined with real life events. This book will examine how both myth and fact contributed to the culture and traditions of the Polynesians, and how these influences and some stories continue to live on throughout the centuries. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gareth Johnson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/126381/bk_acx0_126381_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Belief In Immortality And The Worship Of The Dead (Volume II); The Belief Among The Polynesians
The Belief In Immortality And The Worship Of The Dead (Volume II); The Belief Among The Polynesians ab 24.99 € als Taschenbuch: . Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Wirtschaft & Soziales,- Shop: hugendubel
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Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia
?Who hasn't stayed up late reading South Sea tales? Christina Thompson's Sea People is a South Sea tale to top them all.??Richard Rhodes, author of Energy: A Human History and the Pulitzer Prize winning The Making of the Atomic Bomb ?Magnificent. . . . A grand, symphonic, beautifully written book. . . . Sea People is an archive-researched historical account that has the page-turning qualities of an all-absorbing mystery.??Boston Globe A blend of Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel and Simon Winchester's Pacific, a thrilling intellectual detective story that looks deep into the past to uncover who first settled the islands of the remote Pacific, where they came from, how they got there, and how we know. For more than a millennium, Polynesians have occupied the remotest islands in the Pacific Ocean, a vast triangle stretching from Hawaii to New Zealand to Easter Island. Until the arrival of European explorers they were the only people to have ever lived there. Both the most closely related and the most widely dispersed people in the world before the era of mass migration, Polynesians can trace their roots to a group of epic voyagers who ventured out into the unknown in one of the greatest adventures in human history. How did the earliest Polynesians find and colonize these far-flung islands? How did a people without writing or metal tools conquer the largest ocean in the world? This conundrum, which came to be known as the Problem of Polynesian Origins, emerged in the eighteenth century as one of the great geographical mysteries of mankind. For Christina Thompson, this mystery is personal: her Maori husband and their sons descend directly from these ancient navigators. In Sea People, Thompson explores the fascinating story of these ancestors, as well as those of the many sailors, linguists, archaeologists, folklorists, biologists, and geographers who have puzzled over this history for three hundred years. A masterful mix of history, geography, anthropology, and the science of navigation, Sea People combines the thrill of exploration with the drama of discovery in a vivid tour of one of the most captivating regions in the world. Sea People includes an 8-page photo insert, illustrations throughout, and 2 endpaper maps.- Shop: buecher
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The Cook Islands: Rarotonga, Aitutaki & Beyond: Travel Adventures , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 53min
The Cook Islands, named after the British Captain who seems to have been everywhere in the Pacific, are scattered like tiny jewels over a large stretch of sea between Tahiti and Samoa. Rarotonga, the principal island, is 2,500 miles due south of Honolulu - as far south of the equator as Honolulu is north of it - a similarity that provides both places with ideal climates. But that's as far as the similarity goes, for in spite of their recently built international airport, the Cooks remain off the beaten path. Even Avarua, the port, capital, and mecca to these 15 islands, is little concerned with tourists. Here there are no buildings taller than the highest palm, no traffic lights, and the people - who speak English with a New Zealand accent - are friendly and don't regard visitors as walking money. All amenities, all reasonable comforts are available, and everything seems to work. You can drink the water, eat the vegetables, be addressed in English, there's no tipping, and happily for Americans the US dollar goes a fairly long way. The natural beauty, particularly on Rarotonga with its forest-covered mountains, verdant coastal plain, and fringing reef, is profound. It'll take your breath away when first seen and some insist that Rarotonga is a miniature English-speaking Tahiti. The population of these islands comes to a mere 18,000. On some of them there are 50 people, on others 700, a few are uninhabited, and, until recently, another had a population of just one. On Rarotonga, the largest island, there are 9,300 people. This independent nation may be small in population, but it is large in area. Cook Islanders are Polynesians, handsome light brown Polynesians, who refer to themselves with pride as the original Maoris - the ones who made the ancient voyage of discovery to New Zealand. They are outgoing people, hospitable and warm, but not nearly as animated as their Tahitian cousins who speak the same language. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Servheen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/041005/bk_acx0_041005_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Mysterious Polynesia: The Myths, Legends, and Mysteries of the Polynesians , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 144min
Taking into account similarities of appearance, customs and languages spread across a vast region of scattered islands, it was obvious that the Polynesian race emerged from a single origin, and that origin Cook speculated was somewhere in the Malay Peninsula or the “East Indies.” In this regard, he was not too far from the truth. The origins of the Polynesian race have been fiercely debated since then, and it was only relatively recently, through genetic and linguistic research, that it can now be stated with certainty that the Polynesian race originated on the Chinese mainland and the islands of Taiwan, the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia. Oceania was, indeed, the last major region of the Earth to be penetrated and settled by people, and Polynesia was the last region of Oceania to be inhabited. The vehicle of this expansion was the outrigger canoe, and aided by tides and wind patterns, a migration along the Malay Archipelago, and across the wide expanses of the South Pacific, began sometime between 3000 and 1000 BCE, reaching the western Polynesian Islands in about 900 BCE. The name Polynesia derives from the ancient Greek meaning “many islands.” The word was first used to describe the entirety of the South Sea Islands by the 18th century French writer and traveler Charles de Brosses, but technically, Polynesia refers specifically to an area described by a vast triangle that stretches across the southern Pacific, with Hawaii, Easter Island and New Zealand serving as the points. Close to the center of this triangle lies Tahiti, with the west limit defined by Samoa and Tonga, with a slight irregularity in the western edge of the triangle that serves to exclude Fiji, the Solomon Islands, the New Hebrides, and a handful of Melanesian and Micronesian islands. The Melanesian demographic tends to differ quite dramatically from the Polynesian in both appearance and culture, the former tending to be of darker complexion, while the latter is more characteristic ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gregory T. Luzitano. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/172571/bk_acx0_172571_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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