Tupaia’s map of the Pacific

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Tupaia’s map of the Pacific is an 18th-century chart created by the Polynesian navigator Tupaia that depicted the locations and interconnections of numerous Pacific islands based on Indigenous voyaging knowledge rather than European surveying techniques.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 18th-century map ⓘ
manuscript map ⓘ
navigational chart ⓘ
associatedWith Cook’s first Pacific voyage ⓘ
Polynesian voyaging traditions ⓘ
basedOn Indigenous voyaging knowledge ⓘ
Polynesian navigational knowledge ⓘ
cartographicPerspective Indigenous Pacific perspective ⓘ
cartographicPurpose to show relationships rather than precise scale distances ⓘ
cartographicType mental map rendered on paper ⓘ
contrastsWith European surveying techniques ⓘ
longitude-latitude grid mapping ⓘ
creator Tupaia ⓘ
culturalContext Polynesian culture ⓘ
depicts Pacific Islands ⓘ
island interconnections ⓘ
relative positions of islands ⓘ
epistemicTradition Polynesian wayfinding epistemology ⓘ
function communication of island networks to Europeans ⓘ
representation of voyaging routes ⓘ
geographicRegion Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Polynesia ⓘ
hasAuthorEthnicity Polynesian ⓘ
hasAuthorRole expert in wayfinding ⓘ
navigator ⓘ
priest ⓘ
hasInterpretationChallenge difficult for Europeans to interpret using their own mapping conventions ⓘ
historicalSignificance challenges Eurocentric views of Pacific cartography ⓘ
evidence of sophisticated pre-European Pacific navigation ⓘ
knowledgeSource island-to-island voyaging experience ⓘ
ocean-swell patterns ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
star navigation ⓘ
wayfinding practice ⓘ
language Polynesian oral and symbolic traditions ⓘ
medium paper ⓘ
portrays network of island groups ⓘ
voyaging directions between islands ⓘ
relatedTo Indigenous cartography ⓘ
history of Pacific exploration ⓘ
history of navigation ⓘ
represents conceptual distances between islands ⓘ
non-linear spatial relationships ⓘ
subject Polynesian navigation ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
uses Indigenous spatial concepts ⓘ
non-European cartographic conventions ⓘ

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Tupaia → hasNotableWork → Tupaia’s map of the Pacific ⓘ