Early Polynesians Greatest Sailors in PreHistory

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Early Polynesians Sailed Thousands of Miles for Trade

Plying an area the size of Western Europe, the early Polynesians conducted the longest known sea journeys in prehistory, suggests a new analysis.

Couldn't think of a better place for this. Interesting NatGeo article and pics.

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Read James Michener's Hawaii, he tells a fictional but probably quite accurate tale of the Polynesians and traversing the Pacific. A really interesting book.