The ancient Polynesians navigated their canoes by the stars and other signs that came from the ocean and sky. Navigation was a precise science, a learned art that was passed on verbally from one ...

Because no Polynesians knew how to navigate in the ancient manner, Mau Piailug, a traditional navigator from the Caroline Islands of Micronesia, was chosen to guide the canoe. His method of ...

One of the most immersive ways to learn about Polynesian navigation is by hopping on a traditional double-hulled canoe for a ...

For the wayfinders and navigators that practice Polynesian voyaging, the clues of where to go are all around the big blue and ...

A new study has found evidence that 13th-century Polynesians settled as far south ... incredible group of explorers sailing in a twin hull canoe and navigating these wild seas," he said.