>>182368, >>182371, >>182372
Amazing Maps @amazingmap - They travelled in large ocean-going canoes, often double-hulled, which made them stable enough for long open-water journeys. These vessels could carry dozens of people along with food, water, plants, and animals needed to start new settlements.
Navigation was based on learned systems. Navigators memorised star paths to maintain direction at night, read ocean swells that remain consistent over long distances, and watched birds, clouds, and winds to detect nearby land.
Voyages were planned and repeated. Routes between islands were known, and knowledge was passed down through specialist navigators trained over years
https://x.com/amazingmap/status/2049965448414818478

Amazing Maps @amazingmap - Austronesian-speaking seafarers carried out one of the most extensive ocean migrations in human history, moving from Taiwan across the Pacific to islands as distant as Hawaii, Easter Island, and New Zealand.
This is supported by archaeological finds, shared languages, and genetic links across populations spread over thousands of kilometres.
Groups began moving south from Taiwan around 3000–2000 BCE, spreading through the Philippines and into Island Southeast Asia. By about 1500 BCE they reached the western Pacific, where the Lapita culture appears in the archaeological record.
From there, settlement continued in stages. Islands like Samoa and Tonga were reached early, followed by central Polynesia, which later acted as a base for further long-distance voyages.
The most remote islands, including Hawaii, Easter Island, and New Zealand, were settled between roughly 700 and 1200 AD. Reaching New Zealand marked one of the final major steps in the settlement of the Pacific.
These journeys relied on detailed knowledge of stars, ocean swells, winds, and bird behaviour, developed and passed down over generations.
https://x.com/amazingmap/status/2049965364797411616

Amazing Maps @amazingmap - This has to be one of the greatest voyages in human history
How Polynesian ancestors spread across the Pacific
https://x.com/amazingmap/status/2049941353937949036