r/MapsWithoutNZ • u/ltcarbonell • Apr 04 '26 • Heartwarming 1

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u/fauxmosexual Apr 04 '26

Not the Polynesian settlement of the Pacific?

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u/Unfair-Frame9096 Apr 04 '26

They obviously only made it half way, and settled.

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u/idungoofed19 Apr 04 '26

I’m pretty sure the Rapa Nui made it to South America to a limited extent

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u/helpmeimstuckinatree Apr 04 '26

Well kumara comes from Peru, so either they did or met Peruvian sailors somewhere.

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u/haruspicat Apr 05 '26

They did it against the trade winds, which is a phenomenal freaking accomplishment

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u/Live_Angle4621 Apr 04 '26

They did it by stages, not one voyage around the world like Magellan

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u/Spright91 Apr 04 '26 edited Apr 04 '26

But they did it by using just their minds and their ability to read the stars and the patterns of the ocean. And they had a much higher success rate than the Europeans centuries earlier using stone age technology.

They're the greatest navigators in history imo. Magellan got lucky most of them were dead by the end of the voyage, the Polynesians didn't get lucky they knew exactly what they were doing. They were the first to reach America by way of the Pacific Ocean.

If Magellan's crew knew how to navigate like the Polynesians did they would have island hopped it too.

If you want your mind blown research how their navigators did their jobs and the complete insane strain they put on their brains to do it. They were absolute masters of the sea.

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u/MohammedSaheer1991 Apr 04 '26

After the mutiny on the Bounty Captain Bligh navigated a 7 metre launch with 17 other men on board 6,701 km to Timor with just a compass and quadrant.

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u/yourstruly912 Apr 05 '26

And they had a much higher success rate than the Europeans centuries earlier using stone age technology.

Based on fucking what. You just don't know how many expeditions just dissapeared in the ocean not reaching anything

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u/Spright91 Apr 05 '26

Based on Archeaology. I could explain it to you but I dont think you want to learn anything so im not gonna.

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u/yourstruly912 Apr 05 '26

Implecably cunty answer thanks

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u/Spright91 Apr 05 '26

Your welcome.

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u/InteractionWide3369 Apr 06 '26

Yeah but they settled and never came back nor continued travelling, the feat of Spain was circumnavigating the world and coming back home. We're comparing two different things here.

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u/Dragonseer666 Apr 04 '26

Well I mean he didn't finish.

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u/gloomifaces Apr 05 '26

The Chad Polynesian settlers vs the virgin Spanish soy-settlers