Canoe of the people of "Balahou", Fiji — from Dumont d'Urville's voyage atlas (1842)
The drua, Fiji’s great double canoe · Before 1900 · picture 13 of 13 in this chapter
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Fijians on a drua (double-hulled canoe), 1800s
Photograph of sailing canoe or "drua" in the Fiji Museum in Suva, Fiji. (1962)
Edward Gennys Fanshawe, Double canoe off Moalu, Feejee Islands, Septr 26th 1849 (Fiji)
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A Fijian double canoe of the 19th century (published 1925)
Fijian canoe, schematic diagram (1858)
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