{"product_id":"pathway-of-the-birds","title":"Pathway of the Birds","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePathway of the Birds\u003c\/em\u003e, natural history writer Andrew Crowe explores how Polynesian navigators managed to find and re-find incredibly small and remote targets scattered across the Pacific Ocean, voyaging from island to island in double-hulled canoes and carrying with them everything required to settle a new home. One of the most expansive and rapid phases of human migration in prehistory, told with clarity and wonder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing together navigation, natural history, archaeology and oral tradition, Crowe reconstructs the voyaging achievements of Māori and their Polynesian ancestors, and the deep observational knowledge of stars, swells, winds and birds that guided them. As Hawaiian master navigator Nainoa Thompson explains:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Everything you need to navigate is in nature. The question is, can you see it?\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe result is a book that bridges academic research and the general reader, a lucid and authoritative saga of exploration, seafaring and settlement across the largest ocean on Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInside this book:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe methods of traditional Polynesian wayfinding, reading nature to navigate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe double-hulled canoes and the materials carried for successful settlement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe environments and resources of ancient Polynesia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow navigators located small and remote islands across vast distances\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComprehensively referenced, generously illustrated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eIdeal for readers interested in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAotearoa cultural history, Māori history, navigational and maritime history, Pacific exploration and seafaring.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Australian Museum Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54497607024924,"sku":"9781869539610","price":66.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0293\/3394\/6416\/files\/Pathway-of-the-birds-book-cove-flatlayr.jpg?v=1788311837","url":"https:\/\/shop.australian.museum\/products\/pathway-of-the-birds","provider":"Australian Museum Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}