Prior to 1500 A.D. the Polynesians were the most widely spread people on earth, having settled an area of the Pacific, the Polynesian Triangle, twice the size o

Alphabetically arranged entries, ranging in length from a paragraph to several pages, describe the important people, food, native animals, politics, history, an

An accessible, concise reference source on Polynesia's complex mythology, product of a culture little known outside its home. Encounters with the West introduce

"Māori dictionary with English definitions and Polynesian comparisons"--BIM.

Entries discuss the myths and traditions of Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Phillipines, and the islands of Polynesia, Me