Sailing and Navigation in the Pacific Islands

What is it about?

The article is a summary of boats, sailing techniques, and non-instrument navigational methods used traditionally -- and, to some extent, today -- by Pacific Islanders for purposes of interisland voyaging.

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Why is it important?

It offers insight into how the islands of the tropical and sub-tropical Pacific came to be inhabited and how islanders maintained contact in the succeeding centuries. It also offers insights useful for understanding human spatial cognition.