Ancient Seafaring: The Polynesian Colonization of the Pacific Islands

Ancient Seafaring: The Polynesian Colonization of the Pacific Islands

Ancient Seafaring: The Polynesian Colonization of the Pacific IslandsThe Polynesian migration across the Pacific is widely regarded as one of the greatest feats of maritime exploration and human endurance in history. Between 3000 BCE and 1200 CE, Austronesian-speaking people ventured from Southeast Asia into the "vast blue continent," eventually settling a triangle of islands spanning from Hawaii in the north to Easter Island (Rapa Nui) in the e…