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Canoes of Oceania [THREE VOLUME COMBINED INTO ONE].
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[SERIES]: Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publications 27, 28 and 29.
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Author
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Haddon, A. C. [Alfred Cort] / Hornell, James
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Place of Publication
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Honolulu, Hawai
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Publication Name
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Bishop Museum Press
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Year
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1975
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Language(s)
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English
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Description
THREE VOLUME COMBINED INTO ONE. RARE comprehensive monographs on canoes of Polynesia, Fiji, Micronesia, Melanesia, Queensland and New Guinea, with separate volume with definition of terms, general survey and conclusions, by two major authorities in the field: th English zoologist and seafaring ethnographer James Hornell (1865-1949) and the influential British anthropologist and ethnologist Alfred Cort Haddon (1855-1940). Contains many b&w plates and figures. 270x185mm. [XVII+454] + [VI+342] + [87] pages. Softcover. Cover and few page corners slightly bumped. Front cover edge near spine faded. Sticker on rear bottom right corner. Spine edges bumped/wrinkled. [SUMMARY]: These extremely rare vast monographs by the principal authorities on canoes of all types, distinguished by careful observation and measurement and supported by drawings and photographs of seafaring life all but vanished over the second half of the twentieth century, is in good condition.
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Price
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No longer available
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Catalog Index Number
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MS 15 83
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