Tupaia guided Cook 300 miles south to Rurutu, a small Polynesian island, proving he could navigate from his homeland to a distant island. Cook was amazed to find that Tupaia could always point in ...

Nonetheless, the archaeological evidence indicates that they sailed eastward to the Cook ... on the high islands and atolls they found in the sea, did the ocean-oriented Polynesian culture ...

O n the tiny South Pacific island of Niue, a self-governing Polynesian nation with political ties to New Zealand, Niue Blue ...

Nestled in the heart of the South Pacific, the Cook Islands are a tropical ... some of the prettiest waters in the world, and ...

Tupaia joined Captain Cook's first voyage at Tahiti in July 1769 ... Instead, it attempts to capture the relationship between islands as understood by Polynesian star navigators, who had a very ...

On the tiny South Pacific island of Niue, a self-governing Polynesian nation with political ... Resort & Spa in Fiji and Dive Rarotonga in the Cook Islands are others), which is awarded to ...