This book presents an unusual juxtaposition of modern science-based astronomy and the star lore passed on orally through multiple generations of South Pacific and Australian Indigenous peoples. the unusual and original combination of astronomy and anthropology makes for interesting, informative, and entertaining reading. (Richard Dodd, The Observatory, February, 2018)
This book is a significant step in the recovery of a very important astronomical knowledge and tradition of a past civilization, that of the variety of the populations that colonized the Pacific Ocean. The book is packed with many beautiful illustrations, pictures, photos, and maps which help the understanding of the text and are also pleasing to the eye, and it fits the needs of the interested general readers, as well as those of the professionals in the field. (Alberto Vecchiato,aaa-alb.blogspot.it, July 2017)
The star lore and constellations of the Pacific are introduced in a very organized fashion. It is interesting to both read about the canoes as constellations, who and why is said to maybe be travelling by them, etc. It's a fascinating book where the different layers of what one can think, and know about the night sky are presented at about the same level, not making one side of it more prevalent than the other. (AstroMadness.com, January, 2017)
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