Today, we’ll delve into the unique techniques of Polynesian navigation, exploring how keen observation of the natural world enabled pioneers to roam far and wide across the breadth of the Pacific.

That’s because the stars are what the navigators used to guide the Polynesian voyaging canoe. The gathering was a show of ...

In 1768, as he sailed from Tahiti, Captain Cook had an additional passenger on board his ship, a Tahitian navigator named Tupaia. Tupaia guided Cook 300 miles south to Rurutu, a small Polynesian ...

More impressive still, around 400 AD, Polynesian sailors were able to journey ... which offered sailors a fallback in low-visibility conditions, navigation remained haphazard for hundreds of ...

Thousands of years before Norse sailors landed in Newfoundland or Columbus set sail in search of the northwest passage, Polynesian navigators were exploring the vast open waters of the Pacific Ocean.

That’s because the stars are what the navigators used to guide the Polynesian voyaging canoe. The gathering was a show of camaraderie for dozens of navigators, captains, teachers and caretakers ...

Nainoa Thompson, 71, Polynesian Voyaging Society chief executive officer and master navigator, was a student of Hokule‘a’s founders. He said education in Native Hawaiian history and culture ...

His method of navigating by the stars and swells was closely similar to extinct Polynesian methods. Navigator Mau Piailug used the rising points of the stars, supplemented by observations of the ...