Balsa
Publication information:
Emanuel, J. P. (2017). Balsa. In S. K. Stein (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of the Sea in World History: Exploration, Travel, Trade (p. 213). ABC–CLIO.
Abstract
The term "balsa" (Spanish for "raft") encompasses a range of watercraft employed in modern Ecuador, Peru, and Chile from Pre-Columbian times to the present.