~ Sustainable Seafaring from Oceania. History, Design, and Relevance ~

July 18, 2012

July 17, 2012

The definitive Mau article - at Wikipedia

A greatly exanded article on Mau here at Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mau_Piailug

Polynesian seafaring - history and Hawaiian re-creation
- voice of Captain Cook by Patrick Steward
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghojMWv5AZA&feature=related

And here, a PBS site - Wayfarers, a Pacific Odyssey:
http://www.pbs.org/wayfinders/

The Canoe is the People, CD ROM:
http://portal.unesco.org/science/en/ev.php-URL_ID=3543&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

Also of note: Both Mau and Hipour of Puluwat were of the Weriyeng school of navigation - see this article at Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weriyeng

How did Sam Low get Mau to smile like this!