balsa

"All you can see of Chewie's feet are his toes. My dad carved them out of balsa wood as he is an engineer too," he said.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2024

Mindy, who takes to a balsa Hobie as easily as Carol once did, has bigger plans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2023

The roomy interior was cooled by dry ice, with a single headlamp and a crush zone of balsa wood installed in front.

From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2022

He laid out the physics hurdles of such an epic voyage and even crafted a prototype spacecraft from poster board, balsa wood, and Elmer’s glue.

From Science Magazine ● Jul. 27, 2022

“You know, balsa wood would be perfect for the seesaws—it’s really easy to cut. I think my dad might even have some.”

From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead

According to Peruvian tradition, the Inca Tupac Yupanqui sailed a large fleet of balsas into the Pacific, about 1470 A.D.

From Time Magazine Archive

They were taking many of the same chances as their theoretical primitives: the raft was modeled after the balsas of the ancient Peruvians.

From Time Magazine Archive

He at once caused balsas, broad and clumsy barks, or rather rafts, of the country, to be provided, and by this means passed his men over, without opposition, to the other side of the river.

From History of the Conquest of Peru by William Hickling Prescott

Marching and conquering on the coast of Manta, and the island of Puna, and Tumbez, there arrived at Tumbez some merchants who had come by sea from the west, navigating in balsas with sails.

From History of the Incas by Sir Clements R. (Clements Robert) Markham

He conquered the Huancavelicas although they were very warlike, fighting on land and at sea in balsas, from Tumbez to Huañapi, Huamo, Manta, Turuca and Quisin.

From History of the Incas by Sir Clements R. (Clements Robert) Markham