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Transmission of Traditional Polynesian Navigation Knowledge in the 1390s

Type Event Region Oceania Time 1391–1400

In the 1390s, although the great age of Polynesian expansion had ended, the island groups still relied on traditional navigation arts based on stars,…

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  1. 1391–1396Samoa Islands · SamoaPolynesian navigation chiefs taught star positions, monsoon cycles, and island chain recognition methods within families and clans, using double-hulled canoes as tools to maintain the generational continuity of inter-island voyaging skills.
  2. 1396–1400Tonga–Fiji–Wallis route · South PacificIsland groups organized voyages by season, exchanging stone, textiles, food, and ceremonial objects, and consolidating political ties through marriage and alliances; the Polynesian navigation network was still operating actively at the end of the 1390s.

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