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Re: Traditional Polynesian 'location indicators'
From: Craig Parsons
Date: 2004 Feb 23, 08:15 +1100
From: Craig Parsons
Date: 2004 Feb 23, 08:15 +1100
......... I seem to have missed the start of this thread, but IMHO, David Lewis - We the Navigators, treats the subject thoroughly. Regards, Craig Parsons -----Original Message----- From: Navigation Mailing List [mailto:NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM] On Behalf Of Trevor J. Kenchington Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 7:58 PM To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM Subject: Re: Traditional Polynesian 'location indicators' George, Your argument could explain the process of discovery and settlement of Pacific island groups but it ignores the extensive two-way inter-island communication which (I understand) continued after settlement of many (not all) groups -- though not generally right through to the time of European contact. Trevor Kenchington You wrote: > I have ended up somewhat sceptical of claims of the superb > ocean-navigating skills of the Polynesian peoples (or the other > Pacific-island societies). But that is entirely on the basis of > secondhand learning (and a sceptical nature), and my mind is open to > being convinced otherwise. -- Trevor J. Kenchington PhD Gadus@iStar.ca Gadus Associates, Office(902) 889-9250 R.R.#1, Musquodoboit Harbour, Fax (902) 889-9251 Nova Scotia B0J 2L0, CANADA Home (902) 889-3555 Science Serving the Fisheries http://home.istar.ca/~gadus