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Page 43
... Taumako . Like Bongi , he had been one of Tevake's pupils . ' I came from Taumako to the Reef Islands in a canoe last month , ' he remarked casually . It turned out that he had made the sixty - mile open sea voyage , not in a big ...
... Taumako . Like Bongi , he had been one of Tevake's pupils . ' I came from Taumako to the Reef Islands in a canoe last month , ' he remarked casually . It turned out that he had made the sixty - mile open sea voyage , not in a big ...
Page 48
... Taumako , is a more likely identification . It was well outside the latter day Tauma- koans ' world . Quiros saw canoes at Taumako that were capable of holding 50 persons , 5 times the complement of any te puke of the last one and a ...
... Taumako , is a more likely identification . It was well outside the latter day Tauma- koans ' world . Quiros saw canoes at Taumako that were capable of holding 50 persons , 5 times the complement of any te puke of the last one and a ...
Page 50
... Taumako from the Reef Islands , he went on to explain , say 50 miles on the way , but had not yet sighted Taumako on account of thick weather , when his te puke was headed by a violent easterly gale . In the teeth of that storm Taumako ...
... Taumako from the Reef Islands , he went on to explain , say 50 miles on the way , but had not yet sighted Taumako on account of thick weather , when his te puke was headed by a violent easterly gale . In the teeth of that storm Taumako ...
Contents
Prologue | 11 |
The Search for the Navigators | 19 |
Tevake the Tropic Bird | 35 |
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