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Re: Traditional Polynesian 'location indicators'
From: Craig Parsons
Date: 2004 Feb 23, 08:15 +1100
From: Craig Parsons
Date: 2004 Feb 23, 08:15 +1100
......... I seem to have missed the start of this thread, but IMHO,
David Lewis - We the Navigators, treats the subject thoroughly.
Regards,
Craig Parsons
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Kenchington
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Subject: Re: Traditional Polynesian 'location indicators'
George,
Your argument could explain the process of discovery and settlement of
Pacific island groups but it ignores the extensive two-way inter-island
communication which (I understand) continued after settlement of many
(not all) groups -- though not generally right through to the time of
European contact.
Trevor Kenchington
You wrote:
> I have ended up somewhat sceptical of claims of the superb
> ocean-navigating skills of the Polynesian peoples (or the other
> Pacific-island societies). But that is entirely on the basis of
> secondhand learning (and a sceptical nature), and my mind is open to
> being convinced otherwise.
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