@article{oai:minpaku.repo.nii.ac.jp:00004423,
 author = {秋道, 智彌 and Akimichi , Tomoya},
 issue = {4},
 journal = {国立民族学博物館研究報告, Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {This paper describes two basic aspects of navigational knowledge
employed by Satawalese sailors of the Central Caroline
Islands, in Micronesia. Woofanuw denotes "to see the island,"
and comprises a system of island orientation as observed from an
island using 32 directional terminologies. Woofanuw is specific
to each island, and my data cover the area extending from Yap,
the westernmost island to Ponape, the easternmost. The sea
areas drawn from these islands' woofanuw system further include
most of the Caroline Islands, the Marshall Islands to the east, the
Mariana Islands to the north and even the Philippines, to the west.
Some directional errors emerge when a comparison is made
with the actual compass bearing of the stars, and also directions
on a marine chart. However, the Satawalese can compensate
for these during navigation.
Individual differences of the woofanuw system demonstrate
that even the most practical, and, per se, uniform knowledge is
transmitted through different channels or schools of navigation.
Most islands and reefs involved in the woofanuw system exist,
but sometimes mythical islands which evoke metaphor are
included. Such esoteric islands are culturally significant in that
navigators perceive them as their own activity areas.},
 pages = {651--709},
 title = {サタワル島における伝統的航海術の研究 : 島嶼間の方位関係と海域名称},
 volume = {9},
 year = {1985},
 yomi = {アキミチ, トモヤ}
}