Wayfinding: Reading Swells, Stars and Birds

Pacific wayfinding: the star compass, swell maps, bird paths and the story of Mau Piailug and the Hokūleʻa revival — crossing the world’s largest ocean with no instruments.

Playlist by @inside.deadreckoningworld.e08b

11 tracks, shared on Audicious.

  1. How did Polynesian wayfinders navigate the Pacific Ocean? - Alan Tamayose and Shantell De Silva — TED-Ed
  2. Exploring the Pacific - The Great Ocean - Extra History - Part 1 — Extra History
  3. THE NAVIGATORS Pathfinders Of The Pacific.mpg — maupiailugsociety
  4. Sailing Across the World's Oceans with No Tech — Great Big Story
  5. Papa Mau: The Wayfinder — OiwiTV
  6. From Hawaii to New Zealand: How The Polynesians Navigated — Guthlac
  7. The World’s Greatest Navigators: How Polynesians Conquered the Pacific — Parable - Free History Documentaries
  8. Nainoa Thompson on Polynesian Wayfaring | StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson — StarTalk
  9. Satawalese navigator Mau Piailug talks about the story of the first navigators — IndigenousKnowledge
  10. Hokulea: How to navigate without instruments — KHON2 News
  11. Masters of the Ocean: How Ancient Polynesians Conquered the Pacific — Hoodie History