Comments by "mpetersen6" (@mpetersen6) on "The Polynesian Exchange: Polynesia and South America Meet" video.

  1. One thing l find amazing about the Spanish is they managed to miss Hawaii in all those voyages between Mexico and The Philippines.
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  2. ​ @truthnpaws3866  I bet to differ. There is nothing but deep water between Hawaii and Alaska The Hawaiian Chain extends to the West Northwest (approximately 300° true) to Midway. After that it's submerged seamounts until you reach about 172° East. Then the seamounts track makes an abrupt change to the North (say 355° true) heading toward the Western end of the Aleutian Islands and Trench. The change in direction of the seamounts is related to the Pacific Plate having changed direction in the distant past. The Plate has moved. Not the island generating Hot Spot.
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  3. In my opinion the highest state of technological development of any lithic/wood/shell based culture. There were lithic/wood/shell based culture technologies that were superior in some areas. Think Dorset/Inuit in terms of clothing. But overall I think the Polynesian top them. The circumnavigation. Did they transit the Panama and Suez Canals ? I would hate to think of facing the Drake Passage in a voyaging canoe. Or the Cape of Good Hope.
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