![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But it didn't take long for explorers such as Captain James Cook, the first European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, to realize that the population of the Polynesian Islands, with their similar languages, water crafts and mythologies were related peoples, and soon the search to determine their origins began. When Europeans first began exploring the Pacific Ocean in the late 16th century, they came across these islands and their native inhabitants with their unique culture and their large canoes. There are more than 1,000 islands lying within the Polynesian Triangle, a region of the Pacific Ocean shaped like a triangle with Hawaii, New Zealand and Rapa Nui at its corners that covers more than 10 million square miles. Her husband is a native New Zealander, and his ancestors were the ancient explorers who first settled the islands in the central and southern Pacific Ocean. Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia is a deep-dive into the historical mystery of the Polynesian Islands and the origin of their first inhabitants.Ĭhristina Thompson has a personal interest in uncovering the truth of the first people in Polynesia in Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia. ![]()
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