Prevailing winds blow to the east across the Pacific and along their
path can be found a pattern of settlement stretching like a spearhead from
New Zealand, Tahiti and Easter Island. Peter Crawford’s Nomads of the Wind
(BBC Books, pp 272, 拢18.99) follows the fortunes and fates of the
islanders and their islands, and the impact that the settlers had on isolated
habitats. The nomads brought with them a rich array of plants from breadfruit
to bananas. Unhappily, many native species were less fortunate: pigeons
failed to survive encounters with hungry settlers or their companion rats.
The book accompanies the series beginning on 9 January on BBC2.
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