Polynesian Exploration

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Over 3,000 years the Polynesians used canoes, combined with near-miraculous navigation skills, to explore and settle a vast stretch of the Pacific.

The speed, seaworthiness and size of traditional vessels astonished early European navigators.

Now they're back. http://bbc.in/12XS4C8

This ocean-going catamaran has returned to New Zealand after an epic voyage to Easter Island by Polynesian navigators.