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Proa

Proas are various types of multi-hull outrigger sailboats of the Austronesian peoples. The terms were used for native Austronesian ships in European records during the Colonial era indiscriminately, and thus can confusingly refer to the double-ended single-outrigger boats of Oceania, the double-outrigger boats of Island Southeast Asia, and sometimes…

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Historical descriptions of the proa

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Early Western proas

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Speed records

Sources of information on proas

Individual proa designs

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Proa

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Edges146
Triples289
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013605
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related to Sources of information on proas · 47
Proa → Aelõñ, American, April, Art, By Giff Johnson, Canoes, Caroline Islands, Chamorro Canoe BuildersThe Proa, Cimba, Craig O'Donnell's Cheap Pages, Craze In Marshall Islands, David Robinson, Director, Duckworks Magazine, File, German, Guam Gallery, Guam's Online Encyclopedia Agadna, Guam's Traditional Seafaring Society, Guampedia
related to Individual proa designs · 32
Proa → Archived, Atlantic, Baltic Sea, Boats, Cheers, Collection, Crossbow, Culp's Archived, Dierking's T2, EISCA, Equilibre, Fijian ProaMbuli, Germany, Gibbons/Dierking, Harmen HielkemaGizmo, Harry, Hinged, Jeremie Fischer's, Jim MichalakMareinoa, John Harris
related to Historical descriptions of the proa · 26
Proa → Although, And, Antonio Pigafetta, British, Chamorro, Dutch, European, Europeans, Ferdinand Magellan's, In French, Indonesia, Islas, Ladrones, Malabar Coast, Mariana Islands, Pacific, Pacific Islands, Pigafetta, Similarly, Southeast Asia
related to Etymology · 23
Proa → Austronesian, Cebuano, Dutch, Early Modern English, English, Hawaiian, It, Its, Javanese, Kadazan, Kiribati, Malay, Maranao, Māori, Ngadha, Portuguese, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, Proto-Western-Malayo-Polynesian, Samoan, Spanish
related to Munroe's 1898 proa · 22
Proa → Admiral Lord Anson's, Anson, Brett, Brett's, Flying Proa, Harper's Magazine, His, However, Marinas-based, Micronesian, Munroe, Munroe's, Pacific, Pigafetta, Rather, Sails, Since Munroe, The Canoe, These, This
related to References · 21
Proa → Amazon, Bishop Museum Press, Canoes, Germany, Gilpin, Haddon, Hawaii, Honolulu, Hornell, ISBN, Ives Washburn, James, Manfred Meier, Munroe, New York, Oceania, Othmar Karschulin, Ralph Middleton, The, The Commodore's Story
related to Lee pods · 17
Proa → Atlantic, Brown, Crew, He, Jzero, Jzerro, Micronesian, Notable, One, Russell Brown, Since, Some, The, The Jzero, This, Trimarans, While Brown's
related to Sail rigs · 16
Proa → Euell Gibbons, Even Munroe's, Gary Dierking, Gibbons, Gibbons/Dierking, In, Jzero, Most, Munroe's, One, Other, Russell Brown's, The, This, Thus, Western
related to Variations on the theme · 14
Proa → Atlantic, Australia, Because, Cheers, Dick Newick, In, Newkirk's, OSTAR, Other, Pacific, The, The Harryproa, This, Western
related to Early Western proas · 12
Proa → America, Europe, Flying Proa, In, Into, June, Munroe, Robert Barnwell Roosevelt, The, The Rudder, Theodore Roosevelt's, Western

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proas sail hull speed pacific boat used one traditional designs first ships also lee outrigger design munroe sails two ama

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Proais aneed to manipulate the sail when shunting0.90text
a children's riwut raceinstance ofalong with events0.80text
Proarelated to Early Western proasMunroe0.60section
Proarelated to Early Western proasFlying Proa0.60section
Proarelated to Early Western proasThe Rudder0.60section
Proarelated to Early Western proasJune0.60section
Proarelated to Early Western proasIn0.60section
Proarelated to Early Western proasEurope0.60section
Proarelated to Early Western proasAmerica0.60section
Proarelated to Early Western proasWestern0.60section
Proarelated to Early Western proasRobert Barnwell Roosevelt0.60section
Proarelated to Early Western proasTheodore Roosevelt's0.60section

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