Traditional Navigation in the Western Pacific
A Search for Pattern


Micronesia

The Sidereal Compass

Sailing Direction Exercises

Keeping Track

Living Seamarks

Schematic Mapping

Predicting the Weather

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Putting the System to Work

The Navigator as Ritual Specialist

Keeping the Knowledge Alive

The Search for Pattern

Bodies of Knowledge and Cultural Anthropology

Bibliography

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