We read the histories of the 18th century explorers coming on these South Sea Islanders all innocent and ignorant of everything except their island groups. But they did have these huge canoes that could also host sails, and, after all, they had got there from outside in the first place. So it's possible their knowledge was far more extensive - maybe they knew a good deal of the neighbouring island groups and had a vaguer knowledge of a much larger area. Does anyone know?
2006-10-29
01:42:15
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