ADVENTUROUS VOYAGE
«1 DAYB IN A CATAMARAN FRENCH SCIENTISTS’ EXPERIENCES A THEORY STRENGTHENED united Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received Aug. 28. 3.15 p.m.) •CAPETOWN. Aug. 27 Two French scientists, M. de Bisshop and M. Tatibouet, sailed in a catamaran into Table Ray to-day, the trip from Sourabaya taking 61 days. They spent three years among the South Sea islands. Leaving the Marshall Islands for Honolulu In June. 1935, they nnsuceusefully battled for months to sail eastwards, thereby strengthening the theory that the Polynesian natives emigrated to America, not to Asia. Their boat was wrecked at Molokai, and it took eight months to build the catamaran.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20284, 28 August 1937, Page 8
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105ADVENTUROUS VOYAGE Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20284, 28 August 1937, Page 8
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