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Sea People

By Christina Thompson

The Puzzle of Polynesia. HarperCollins, 2019.

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Sea People

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Charting the history of people who sailed across Earth’s largest ocean and came to live in isolation on the numerous islands, many miles from any great continent, until European explorers found them and attempted to figure out the enigma of their origins.

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Who should read Sea People

Historians • travelers • archaeologists • anthropologists • natives of Polynesia and their descendants • those who wonder how ancient people inhabited far away islands

About the author of Sea People

Christina Thompson is an award-winning essayist and writer with dual citizenship in Australia and the United States. She has contributed to numerous publications, including the American Scholar, Vogue, and Best Australian Essays, and is a recipient of the National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar Award. In addition, Thompson is the editor of the renowned Harvard Review.

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