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Colorized photograph of a Tsou warrior from Taiwan wearing traditional clothing (pre-World War II) Map showing the migration of the Austronesians from Taiwan Hōkūleʻa, a modern replica of a Polynesian double-hulled voyaging canoe, is an example of a catamaran, another of the early sailing innovations of Austronesians
A map showing the migration of the Austronesians out of Taiwan from c. 3000 BC Plains Indigenous boy and woman by Paul Ibis, 1877. Indigenous Taiwanese are Austronesian peoples, with linguistic and genetic ties to other Austronesian ethnic groups, such as peoples of the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Madagascar, and Oceania.
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Map showing the migration and expansion of the Austronesians which began at about 3000 BC from Taiwan. Austronesians used distinctive sailing technologies, namely the catamaran, the outrigger ship, tanja sail and the crab claw sail.
Map showing the seaborne migration and expansion of the Austronesians beginning at around 3000 BC. Navigation in the Indo-Pacific began with the maritime migrations of the Austronesians from Taiwan who spread southwards into Island Southeast Asia and Island Melanesia during a period between 3000 and 1000 BC.
Map showing the distribution of language families; the pink color shows where Austronesian languages are spoken. This is a list of major and official Austronesian languages, a language family originating from Taiwan, that is widely dispersed throughout the islands of Southeast Asia (Indonesia and Philippines) and the Pacific, with a few members spoken on continental Asia and Madagascar.
The map shows the probable extent of land and water at the time of the last glacial maximum, 20,000 yrs ago and when the sea level was probably more than 110m lower than today. During this time sea level was much lower and most of Maritime Southeast Asia formed one land mass known as Sunda .
Dingo distribution map. Austronesians likely had some contact with Australia, though they never established permanent settlements there. Evidence of this contact can be seen in the presence of Austronesian loanwords in the languages of some Torres Strait Islander groups located north of mainland Australia.