Synopsis The story of how six young men defied expert advice and crossed the Pacific on a balsa wood raft, in order to prove the possibility of Heyerdahl's theory of Polynesian origins from early America.
Robert Craig has translated, authored, or edited several books and journals on Oceania. With the Dictionary, he has produced a scholarly work intended primarily for scholars and has filled a gap in the literature. Anthropologists, historians, mythologists, and other students of Pacific cultures will find this work well written, well documented, and worthwhile . . . this is a significant new work and is highly recommended for Pacific studies and comparative mythology collections.
A concise reference source on Polynesia's complex mythology this book contains an annotated bibliography of the major introductory commentaries on Polynesian mythology and culture and an extensive glossary.
