304 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm
regular print
Contents
Theory -- Expedition is born -- To South America -- Across the Pacific -- Halfway -- Across the Pacific -- To the south sea islands -- Among Polynesians
Summary
This journey by raft from Peru to the Polynesian islands was made to test the author's theories of the origin of the Polynesian people and travel by raft between these places by means of riding the ocean currents and winds
