Polynesian people - Hurumanu 1 - Navigation

Hey guys so in hurumanu 1 (who are we ) we were learning about how the Polynesian people navigated the pacific ocean.And here is my explaintion about how they did it.




How did the polynesian way finders navigate the pacific ocean? They used the Sun and moon ,
Clouds, Star and oceans.



They used the southern Cross which showed where south was and where they needed to go.
(if they were going south though). The North Star was a fixed point in the sky which obviously pointed to the north.
They may have also used the clouds as such they might of used the reflections from the cloud
that reflected onto the island.Or possibly they could of used their prior knowledge and thought that the ,maybe a big bunch of cloud could be over top of a mountainous Island.Or maybe they could tell their direction by the way the water hit the boat.

They knew that the birds are always near land as they had a 190km range of flight.
They also knew their flight pattern - which is when they fly back to land shore after doing something.So in other word birds were a big help for the polynesian wayfinders to find land.(they used the Pacific long-tailed Cuckoo)


In conclusion the polynesian had multiple ways to find new land. They used The north and south star which dedicated the south and north way. And the reflection from a big bunch of clouds over an island.They also used the Pacific long-tailed Cuckoo Bird which only had a flight range of 190km for shore. Where they followed the bird to shore. These are 3 ways the polyneian people navigated through the pacific Ocean.