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The Polynesian triangle. Between about 3000 and 1000 BC speakers of Austronesian languages spread through the islands of Southeast Asia – most likely starting out from Taiwan, [9] as tribes whose natives were thought to have previously arrived from mainland South China about 8000 years ago – into the edges of western Micronesia and on into Melanesia, through the Philippines and Indonesia.
Kupe was a legendary [1] Polynesian explorer who, according to Māori oral history, was the first person to discover New Zealand. [2] It is likely that Kupe existed historically, but this is difficult to confirm.
Tupaia (also spelled Tupaea or Tupia; c. 1725 – 20 December 1770) was a Tahitian Polynesian navigator and arioi (a kind of priest), originally from the island of Ra'iatea in the Pacific Islands group known to Europeans as the Society Islands.
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According to Māori mythology Ngahue (sometimes known as Ngake) was a contemporary of Kupe and one of the first Polynesian explorers to reach New Zealand.He was a native of the Hawaiki and voyaged to New Zealand in “Tāwhirirangi”, his waka (canoe).
Pacific Island and Polynesian baby names: 86 baby names from the Pacific Islands to consider for parents looking for rare, distinctive and usual names.
Pages in category "Polynesian explorers of the Pacific" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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