In 1995 Hawai iloa and five other canoes, reconstructions of ancient Polynesian craft, set sail from the rugged Marquesas archipelago and headed north across the equator to Hawai i. Their Polynesian crews were sailing to commemorate the original discovery of Hawai i and to celebrate the revival of long distance voyaging that had begun during the 1960s. In Sailing in the Wake of the Ancestors, anthropologist Ben Finney tells the story of how the hawaiians and other Polynesians have struggled to become deep-sea voyagers again, and how their experiences are helping them to face contemporary problems with renewed pride and courage.・The only book produced about the second voyaging canoe Hawai iloa and the legendary voyage from the Marquesas to Hawai i ・Includes an 8 page color insert of the construction and voyage of Hawai iloa.
