Polynesian Double-Hulled Canoe

Timeline

1. 1071–1075Society Islands · Society IslandsIslands of the Society group maintained inter-island contact via double-hulled canoes, fleets carrying breadfruit, taro, stone tools, and people, sailing between Tahiti, Raiatea, and other islands during monsoon and trade-wind windows, forming the backbone of East Pacific material exchange.
2. 1075–1078Hawaiian Islands · Hawaiian IslandsThe Hawaiian Islands had developed large double-hulled war and transport canoes, hulls built of koa wood, beams lashed and reinforced with coconut-fiber rope; fleets were used for inter-island cooperative fishing, diplomacy between chiefly territories, and limited conflict, reflecting the mature form of Polynesian shipbuilding in the East Pacific.
3. 1078–1080Marquesas Islands · Marquesas IslandsThe Marquesas Islands were renowned for superb woodworking; double hulls were slender and rigs flexible, suited to sailing in reef-strewn waters; shipwrights of this period passed down wood selection, carving, and launching rituals through oral tradition, an important technical source for later Polynesian seafaring culture.