🌊 POLYNESIAN NAVIGATORS
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THE PACIFIC TRIANGLE
A CIVILISATION OF VOYAGES
Polynesia stretches across a vast triangle of the Pacific, from Hawai'i in the north to Aotearoa New Zealand in the southwest and Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in the southeast. Polynesian ancestors explored and settled these islands in remarkable ocean voyages. They carried plants, animals, language, and culture with them. The Pacific was not empty of history. It was a highway of canoes.
⚡ DID YOU KNOW?
Double-hulled canoes could carry families, tools, water, and food plants for long open-ocean crossings.
SEA!
TRIANGLE
🏝️ Hawai'i to Aotearoa to Rapa Nui
🗣️ Related languages link islands
🗣️ Related languages link islands
CANOE
🛶 Outriggers and double hulls
🌱 Crops travelled with people
🌱 Crops travelled with people