I've been interested in the pacific for some time now...

THIS IS NOW AN OCEANIA THREAD

Why is the international date line not a line? Is it cause countries?

>Back then there was no water pollution so you could sea right through the open ocean
>hope your trolling

1) Polynesians didn't do it in "Little Canoes."
2) The Pacific is pretty chill due to its size. Lord help you if a storm forms though.

ok

The canoes mostly used a double hull design that's similar to the ones used by modern day catamarans, so they're pretty efficient for wooden medium sized water craft. The polynesians also had what was basically a checklist for what was necessary for colonizing islands due to their experiences colonizing progressively farther away islands. By the time they were aiming for Hawaii, they loaded their canoes with jungle fowl, pigs, and useful plants they knew could survive as roots and cuttings for long periods at sea and be easily established on islands.
My knowledge is mostly on Hawaii, but some of the techniques they used were astronomical wayfinding using their naked eyes. They had navigators with precise knowledge of the stars so that they always knew their latitude and could calculate their longitude across the Pacific. If they didn't hit an island, they knew when to turn back and try a different area on another voyage. They also knew signs of nearby islands mostly using animals such as sea birds and fish as well as weather.

lmao

lone island peaks lead to a specific cloud formation they could recognize as land (an elongated cloud)

pretty cool iyam

I hope this helps, it basically goes over Hokulea's maiden voyage to Tahiti and how they tried to rediscover how the Hawaiians made it from there. I wouldn't really call polynesia a nation though. It's more like a cultural group that in the present day would like to become closer.
youtu.be/BmOccL4pT_Q

They actually had to go to an old man in micronesia to learn the wayfinding techniques, because it was completely lost in polynesia. He was pretty happy because he felt that the techniques would die with him since nobody really cared.

Here's the star compass and how it works
pvs.kcc.hawaii.edu/ike/hookele/star_compasses.html

The double hulled sailing canoe design is pretty efficient. Hokulea and her sister ship are currently in New York to show that they are capable of making the voyages. The crew isn't really allowed modern help when voyaging, it's done mostly via wayfinding. Basically they stop at the listed locations and give educational tours of the ships.

hokulea.com/track-the-voyage/

Tbh the cultural differences are not all that real. In the end all Lapita based societies share major traits and those are found though out Oceania.

But really there is no point saying this, most people take OOT seriously here.

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