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Sea People: In Search of the Ancient Navigators of the Pacific by Christina Thompson

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purplemuskogee's review against another edition

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adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Well-researched, well written, fascinating history, I enjoyed absolutely everything about this book.

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adventurous informative mysterious slow-paced

3.0

moonilism's review against another edition

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adventurous informative slow-paced

4.5

Fascinating and stunningly written. I truly learned a lot about a part of the world I don't generally think about too much and felt transported in the stories of the Pacific voyages that took place by so many different people.

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informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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adventurous informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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5.0

What this book does best is convey how incredible an achievement the settlement of Polynesia was. Untangling the timeline and methods was an intellectual puzzle that Thompson relates with the taut pacing of a mystery novel. With each unexplained piece of evidence, the instinct of many investigators seems to have been to doubt or diminish the skill of the Polynesian navigators; at times, they appear to have been looking for any other explanation, regardless of plausibility. Thompson shows how misguided this instinct was, and instills the appropriate respect for those navigators.