balsa
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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
"My mother gave me her grandfather's hammer and some nails and I had some very soft wood called balsa wood so I'd hammer nails into it and make sculptures," he said.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2022
On the river, the canoes were tied together in pairs to form a balsa, or raft.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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
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
But the balsas are the most original, and, therefore, the most attractive sight.
From The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America by James Orton
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
Of course the balsas eventually become water-logged and spend a large part of their existence on the shore, drying in the sun.
From Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru by Hiram Bingham
