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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Comb Land. The rest of the voyage to Callao was easy. As Dr. Davis neared the Peruvian coast, he recalled an old tale of the islands. A Polynesian expedition under Chief Maui Marumamao, says the legend, sailed east from Easter Island and came to "a land with ridges like a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Round Trip to Peru | 9/15/1952 | See Source »

During their stay, according to Davis' theory, the ancient Polynesian voyagers learned many things from the highly civilized Peruvians: sun worship, a complex system of government by subchiefs, and such artistic techniques as making feather mantles. They learned how to grow sweet potatoes and taro. Then, with their new...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Round Trip to Peru | 9/15/1952 | See Source »

This week the Miru is sailing toward Harvard by way of the Panama Canal. Dr. Davis, Lydia, John and Timothy plan to live on board while the doctor attends his lectures. He will certainly rank as the student who reached Harvard the hardest way.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Round Trip to Peru | 9/15/1952 | See Source »

2) Australia, which already boasts three of the world's best amateur players (Sedgman, Ken McGregor and Mervyn Rose), has such strength in depth that a pair of downy-cheeked 17-year-olds named Kenneth Rosewall and Lewis Hoad may well keep the Davis Cup in Australia for another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bright Australian Future | 9/15/1952 | See Source »

In land-rich Australia, where tennis courts sprout in people's backyards, the game, along with cricket, is a national pastime. Youngsters are well coached as soon as they are old enough to toddle; the tennis season is ten months long. Only the once-famed California tennis factory, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bright Australian Future | 9/15/1952 | See Source »

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