Polynesian navigation

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Polynesian navigation is an indigenous seafaring system that uses stars, swells, winds, wildlife, and other natural cues—without instruments—to voyage across vast stretches of the Pacific Ocean.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf indigenous knowledge system ⓘ
intangible cultural heritage ⓘ
traditional navigation system ⓘ
associatedWith Austronesian expansion ⓘ
boatTypeUsed double-hulled canoe ⓘ
outrigger canoe ⓘ
coreConcept dead reckoning ⓘ
etak (reference island) system ⓘ
star compass ⓘ
wayfinding ⓘ
culturalSignificance revival of indigenous knowledge ⓘ
symbol of Polynesian identity ⓘ
developedBy Polynesian peoples ⓘ
linked to: Polynesians
developedIn Polynesia ⓘ
doesNotUse GPS ⓘ
magnetic compass ⓘ
sextant ⓘ
enables long-distance ocean voyaging ⓘ
settlement of remote Pacific islands ⓘ
geographicScope Melanesia ⓘ
Micronesia ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Polynesian Triangle ⓘ
historicalPeriod pre-European contact Pacific ⓘ
influenced contemporary wayfinding education ⓘ
linkedTo settlement of Aotearoa (New Zealand) ⓘ
settlement of Hawaiʻi ⓘ
settlement of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) ⓘ
linked to: Easter Island
modernRevival 20th century Polynesian Voyaging Society initiatives ⓘ
notablePractitioner Mau Piailug ⓘ
Nainoa Thompson ⓘ
notableVessel Hawaiian double-hulled voyaging canoe ⓘ
Hōkūleʻa ⓘ
practicedBy Polynesian voyaging societies ⓘ
master navigators ⓘ
recognizedBy anthropologists as sophisticated non-instrument navigation ⓘ
reliesOn memorized star paths ⓘ
mental charts of islands and swells ⓘ
observation and experience ⓘ
transmittedBy apprenticeship ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
uses bird flight patterns ⓘ
cloud formations ⓘ
moon position ⓘ
ocean swells ⓘ
sea color ⓘ
smell of land and vegetation ⓘ
stars ⓘ
sun position ⓘ
wave reflection from islands ⓘ
wildlife behavior ⓘ
winds ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pileni → hasNavigationTradition → Polynesian navigation ⓘ
Bruce Blankenfeld → fieldOfWork → Polynesian navigation ⓘ
1992–1995 Voyage of Rediscovery → associatedWith → Polynesian navigators ⓘ
linked to: Polynesian navigation
Nainoa Thompson → fieldOfWork → Polynesian navigation ⓘ
Austronesian expansion → relatedTo → Polynesian navigation ⓘ
Te Moana a Toi → associatedWith → Māori navigation ⓘ
linked to: Polynesian navigation
Futunan people → seaNavigationTradition → Polynesian navigation ⓘ
Richard Feinberg → mainSubject → Polynesian navigation ⓘ
subject linked to: anthropologist Richard Feinberg
HD 48915 → hasCulturalSignificanceIn → Polynesian navigation ⓘ
Southern Cross region → usedBy → PolynesianNavigators ⓘ
linked to: Polynesian navigation
Māmari → navigationTradition → Polynesian wayfinding ⓘ
linked to: Polynesian navigation
Tokomaru → associatedWith → Polynesian voyaging ⓘ
linked to: Polynesian navigation
Kapingamarangi Islands → hasTraditionalPractice → Polynesian navigation ⓘ
Mangaian people → hasTraditionalNavigationPractice → Polynesian wayfinding ⓘ
linked to: Polynesian navigation
East Polynesia → knownFor → Polynesian navigation ⓘ
East Polynesia → hasCulturalPractice → Polynesian wayfinding ⓘ
linked to: Polynesian navigation