Polynesian age of voyaging

Name: Polynesian age of voyaging
Start: 1200
End: 1400

Type Event Region Oceania Time c. 1200–1400

By the late 13th century Polynesians sustained a millennia-old ocean-voyaging tradition using double-hulled canoes, stellar navigation, and monsoon-c…

Timeline

c. 1280–1295Samoan Islands · SamoaWestern Polynesian island groups such as Samoa, Tonga, and Fiji exchanged obsidian, salt, pottery, and other goods through regular voyages, and consolidated political alliances among chiefly families through marriage.
c. 1289–1300Tonga Islands · TongaPolities such as Tonga transmitted stellar, wave-pattern, and bird-navigation knowledge through voyaging chiefs (tautai); double-hulled canoe building and sailing rituals became core cultural practices sustaining inter-island social memory and political legitimacy.

Sources

Polynesian culture https://www.britannica.com/topic/Polynesian-culture
On the Road of the Winds: An Archaeological History of the Pacific Islands Before European Contact — Patrick Vinton Kirch (2017)