The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Part 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... Polynesian ancestors of the Maori , when entering the Pacific , were familiar with the loom , but that , as bark cloth could be easily manufactured and met all the climatic needs of central Polynesia , the loom was abandoned.1 Migration ...
... Polynesian ancestors of the Maori , when entering the Pacific , were familiar with the loom , but that , as bark cloth could be easily manufactured and met all the climatic needs of central Polynesia , the loom was abandoned.1 Migration ...
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... Polynesian explorers followed two principal routes into the Pacific , one north of the equator , through the Palaos ... Polynesians , the kumara or sweet potato , seems quite definite . Botanists believe this to be a native of the ...
... Polynesian explorers followed two principal routes into the Pacific , one north of the equator , through the Palaos ... Polynesians , the kumara or sweet potato , seems quite definite . Botanists believe this to be a native of the ...
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... Polynesian Society . Physical Anthropology Scотт , J. H. Contribution to the osteology of the aborigines of New Zealand and the Chatham Islands . N.Z. Inst . , Transactions , vol . xxvi , 1-64 , Wellington , 1893. The most important ...
... Polynesian Society . Physical Anthropology Scотт , J. H. Contribution to the osteology of the aborigines of New Zealand and the Chatham Islands . N.Z. Inst . , Transactions , vol . xxvi , 1-64 , Wellington , 1893. The most important ...
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