Polynesian voyaging canoe construction and navigation traditions (c. 1000 BCE–1900)

1. Lapita expansion reaches western Polynesia

   Jan 1, 1000 BCELabels: Lapita culture, Fiji, Tonga

   • Britannica

2. Lapita horizon ends as cultures diversify

   Jan 1, 500 BCELabels: Lapita culture, Near Oceania, Remote Oceania

   • Britannica

3. Bougainville’s Tahiti visit documents seafaring society

   Apr 2, 1768Labels: Louis-Antoine Bougainville, Tahiti, European exploration

   • Britannica
   • Boudeuse DE

4. Cook’s third voyage publishes Polynesian canoe imagery

   Jan 1, 1784Labels: James Cook, Hawaiian canoe, Voyage publications

   • NatLib NZ

5. Royal Colonial Institute receives Marshallese stick charts

   Jan 1, 1875Labels: Marshall Islands, stick charts, Royal Colonial

   • Cambridge UL

6. Marshallese rebbelib chart collected on HMS Royalist

   Jul 4, 1892Labels: rebbelib chart, British Museum, Admiral E

   • British Museum

7. Marshallese stick chart (rebbelib) dated by cataloger

   Jan 1, 1920Labels: rebbelib chart, Library of, Marshall Islands

   • LOC

8. Mau Piailug initiated as master navigator

   Jan 1, 1950Labels: Mau Piailug, Weriyeng tradition, Satawal

   • Hokulea Timeline
   • Mau Piailug

9. Polynesian Voyaging Society founded in Honolulu

   Jan 1, 1973Labels: Polynesian Voyaging, Ben Finney, Herb K

   • PVS Wiki
   • PVS Archive

10. Hōkūleʻa launched as voyaging canoe replica

    Mar 8, 1975Labels: H k, canoe replica, Hawaiian voyaging

    • H k le
    • PVS Archive

11. Hōkūleʻa departs Hawaiʻi for Tahiti voyage

    May 1, 1976Labels: H k, Tahiti voyage, Mau Piailug

    • UH M lamalama
    • PVS Archive

12. Eddie Aikau lost during Hōkūleʻa capsize

    Mar 16, 1978Labels: Eddie Aikau, H k, capsize

    • Eddie Aikau
    • EOS Surfing

13. Mau Piailug dies on Satawal

    Jul 12, 2010Labels: Mau Piailug, Satawal, master navigator

    • ANU PIB
    • Mau Piailug