Table of Contents

List of Illustrations and Maps VI
Preface to the 2023 Edition - Paora Tapsell IX
Prologue XII
1. The Great Ocean p.3
2. The Manner of Men p.13
3. Whence Came They? p.20
4. Ships and their Builders p.27
5. The Eastern Horizon p.42
6. Early Explorers and Settlers p.52
7. The Centre of the Triangle p.67
8. The Hub of Polynesia p.87
9. The Southwest Course p.101
10. The Northwest Atolls p.122
11. The Northern Equatorial Islands p.141
12. The Northeastern Radial p.151
13. South and Southeast p.169
14. The Eastern Atolls p.185
15. On the Trail of the Rising Sun p.202
16. The Mystery of Pitcairn p.222
17. The Apex of The Triangle p.228
18. The Northern Angle p.246
19. The Southern Angle p.267
20. The Base of the Triangle p.292
21. The Trail of Plants and Animals p.312
Epilogue p.325
Bibliography p.327
Index p.331

About the Author

Te Rangi Hiroa (Sir Peter Buck, 1877-1951) led a busy and distinguished life - variously as an MP, leader of the Young Maori party, doctor, medical officer for Maori health, anthropologist and director of the Bishop Museum, Hawai'i. He was knighted in 1946 for services to science and literature. His best-known books are Vikings of the Sunrise and The Coming of the Maori.