Mysterious Polynesia: The Myths, Legends, and Mysteries of the Polynesians Charles River Editors
Mysterious Polynesia: The Myths, Legends, and Mysteries of the Polynesians Charles River Editors Includes picturesIncludes a bibliography for further readingTaking into account similarities of…
Specifikacia Mysterious Polynesia: The Myths, Legends, and Mysteries of the Polynesians Charles River Editors
Mysterious Polynesia: The Myths, Legends, and Mysteries of the Polynesians Charles River Editors
Includes picturesIncludes a bibliography for further readingTaking into account similarities of appearance, customs and languages spread across a vast region of scattered islands, it was obvious that the Polynesian race emerged from a single origin, and that origin Cook speculated was somewhere in the Malay Peninsula or the "East Indies." In this regard, he was not too far from the truth. Oceania was, indeed, the last major region of the Earth to be penetrated and settled by people, and Polynesia was the last region of Oceania to be inhabited. The origins of the Polynesian race have been fiercely debated since then, and it was only relatively recently, through genetic and linguistic research, that it can now be stated with certainty that the Polynesian race originated on the Chinese mainland and the islands of Taiwan, the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia.
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