194 Results for : polynesia
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Hawaiki Ancestral Polynesia
Hawaiki Ancestral Polynesia ab 37.99 € als pdf eBook: An Essay in Historical Anthropology. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Belletristik, Erzählungen,- Shop: hugendubel
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Historical Dictionary of Polynesia
Historical Dictionary of Polynesia ab 120.99 € als epub eBook: . Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Geschichte & Dokus,- Shop: hugendubel
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Polynesia
Polynesia ab 22.49 € als Taschenbuch: . Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Reise, Reiseführer, Welt gesamt,- Shop: hugendubel
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Polynesia French
Polynesia French ab 117.49 € als Taschenbuch: Doing Business Investing in Polynesia French Guide Volume 1 Strategic Practical Information Regulations Contacts. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Wirtschaft & Soziales,- Shop: hugendubel
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Lonely Planet Tahiti & French Polynesia
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Missions in Western Polynesia
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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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The Prehistory of Polynesia
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Polynesia
Polynesia ab 34.99 € als Taschenbuch: Or An Historical Account Of The Principal Islands In The South Sea Including New Zealand (1842). Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Romane & Erzählungen,- Shop: hugendubel
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Social Anthropology in Polynesia
Social Anthropology in Polynesia ab 81.99 € als gebundene Ausgabe: A Review of Research. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Wissenschaft, Geschichte,- Shop: hugendubel
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