Before the invention of the compass, sextant and clocks, or more recently, the Global Positioning System (GPS), Polynesians navigated their ocean voyages without instruments.
Instead, clues about position, direction, and distance came from the stars, sun, and moon; from patterns in the ocean, including currents, ocean swells, and localised wave characteristics; from clouds, the wind, and even from wildlife.
Navigators also kept a mental log of their progress, always maintaining a sense of the distance covered and the present location.
Instead, clues about position, direction, and distance came from the stars, sun, and moon; from patterns in the ocean, including currents, ocean swells, and localised wave characteristics; from clouds, the wind, and even from wildlife.
Navigators also kept a mental log of their progress, always maintaining a sense of the distance covered and the present location.
How did Polynesian Wayfinders Navigate the Pacific Ocean?
- Alan Tamayose and Shantell De Silva
- Alan Tamayose and Shantell De Silva
Check out the links below to other great sites about Way-finding...
https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/630-wayfinding
www.tourmaui.com/blog/wayfinding-celestial-navigation/
https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/630-wayfinding
www.tourmaui.com/blog/wayfinding-celestial-navigation/