Welcome to Litsy!

From the blurb, I was expecting a lot more about the Polynesians' own ideas about their origins rather than the Europeans' changing ideas on the subject. Having said that, it was a fascinating account and, if nothing else, has fixed in my mind the difference between Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia, although I could have done with larger maps.

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Since I keep complaining about the fact that this is all a Western POV on Polynesian history... does anyone have any recommendations that aren't?

So far, despite the author's husband, this is a super colonists'-eye-view story of Polynesian history. :/