Re: [CH] Chiilis in Africa 2
Dave Drum (xrated@cityscape.net)
Sat, 19 Jun 1999 22:17:08 -0500
Tantrika wrote:
>
> At 08:01 PM 6/19/99 +0000, you wrote:
> >
> >What has to be figured in is what is the chance of someone
> >without this knowledge and navigation aid achieving this feat
> >of navigating to a small island 2000 miles away in a canoe ;-)
> >Not knowing the island existed in the first place. If we accept
> >that all this knowledge is essential to the success of the trip
> >where did the polynesians get it and why is there no evidence of
> >it now if they had it. If the trip is one way how did the
> >knowledge get back?
>
> A very good question. How does one know that land is near when one is in
> an outrigger in the middle of the pacific ocean with nothing in sight?
> Well the Easter Islanders somehow made it, the only the Gods know how....
> Of course then they decimated their own land :(
Mostly they watch the birds (one of the chile's favourite vectors)
Even as far as 500 NM from land birds will range in search of whatever
their tiny little brains crave. The Polynesians were/are also masters
at reading wave patterns and other indicators and at celestial
navigation.
Of course, Easter Island has no native bird population and no chiles
either AFAIK. D'ye suppose that the one has something to do with the
other??? B^)=
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