Polynesians in America before Columbus

[Keanu]

Re: Polynesians in America before Columbus

This "need" to explore is what got all of Polynesia populated.

Do you agree?

I somewhat agree but Hawaiians did not rely solely on the stars for navigation (as Tim seems to think). Hawaiians also used the sun, moon, wind, waves, ocean current, clouds, and seabirds to navigate.

[Menehune Man]

Re: Polynesians in America before Columbus

1)Don't pin your argument on culture Tim, my ancestors didn't need mega telescopes to sustain themselves.

2)I somewhat agree but Hawaiians did not rely solely on the stars for navigation (as Tim seems to think). Hawaiians also used the sun, moon, wind, waves, ocean current, clouds, and seabirds to navigate.

1) No one had the technology in the times of Polynesian Exploration.
And we're not talking about sustaining, because they're not sustaining us now either.

2) Polynesian Wayfinding is as remarkable as it is accurate! All of the islands in the Pacific are tiny dots in a vast ocean, so to find the way back and forth between them is a major feat. I'm not sure that Tim didn't know all of the aspects of P.W.
but thanks for sharing, because I know some have now learned it.