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This isn’t the full story by far brotha ! ❤️

Maybe the most beautiful place on earth.

The story of Polynesia started in Melanesia not SouthEast Asia, whoever owns this channel please fix your false information.

@@melanesianwarriorofthepaci6775 how did they get to Melanesia in the first place? From where did they migrate from? Just curious to learn.

@@Handle_Edit you might want to read about something called the Austronesian expansion if you're interested in this topic.

Afghans too.

@@ThePhoenix109 Afghans were not ancient seafarers, Afghanistan doesnt even border any ocean or seas, they dont even have any large lakes!

Im so happy to be pacifica, I am fijian from fiji, where polynesians originate from.

You seem confused Lapita are the ones who sailed and they are Melanesian.

Micronesians Helped Polynesians how to navigate again 🇫🇲 🩸

Especially considering the Pacific is the most turbulent and story ocean on earth.

Robert Adrian Langdon introduces the theory that the European features of the Polinesians not only physically but culturally are the direct influence of the descendants of the seafaring people of the San Lesmes Caravel, stranded at one of the many atolls in 1526. No other European vessel has been registered to have entered the Pacific since then. 250 years before Cook's arrival, approximately 20 generations, had been passed down genes and dexterities, from catamaran building and sailing, to agriculture, animal farming, astronomy, gastronomy, theatricals and attire. The book is called "The Lost Caravel" however in order to align with the British being the first to have arrived in Pacific, this theory has been silenced and swept under the carpet, coming up with ever ridiculous ideas such as descending from Taiwan or the Incas.

@@yalonyun2785 So your saying that rather than hailing from the massive continent just east of the ocean, Polynesians have ancestors from the other side of the world? Makes no sense but I’ll let you live in your ignorance.

EXACTLY AND RETAIN THEIR CULTURE TOO!!

@@thomasthecommentrater3703 First of all, who is the ignorant one here? Asia is West of Polynesia, not East. In world history the Spanish were the first men to sail from East to West across the Pacific from the South. Asians did not venture East into the Pacific towards America, China and Japan were inward-looking. Few are those who know that for centuries this piece of the world, was dominated by the Hispanics. After many wrecks and many years, the route known as the Manilla Galleon route, also called the Acapulco Galleon or Nao de China, managed to establish itself in the Pacific. The fact is that between the 16th and 17th centuries Spanish rule over the Pacific became undeniable. It was this maritime route, the only western route in the Pacific, that attracted the envy and attacks of other European powers. In this second phase, which would take place in the 18th century, different fleets from foreign countries tried to take possession of the Manilla galleon. The English, French and Dutch failed again and again for years. But in 1742, Commodore Anson took over the ship. In addition to appropriating the resources that the Nao de China carried, the navigators took possession of nautical charts and secret hydrographic documents. At that time, half of the Pacific was still unknown. For Europeans, much of the ocean remained a mystery. But since the Anson incident, which was much talked about at the time, the decline of Spanish dominance in the area was unstoppable. The European powers took over the exploration routes and left the Spanish out of a business they had started. The Spanish lake stopped to be that and went down in history under the name of the Pacific. Source: fascinatingspain.com/legend-of-spain/legends-of-madrid/when-pacific-ocean-known-spanish-lake/

If you see any Filipino here just ignore them they are jelous of us this is about Melanesia and Polynesia.

That is such a beautiful story. That period of time certainly made an impression on you.

Lucky

Gary Harriman A period "Gone With The Wind? " When darj skinned people served white people Better days huh? There is nothing beautiful about that ok!

@@garryharriman7349 Yes it did. I've always wanted to return to Samoa, but never have. Who knows maybe one day I'll be able to. The Samoans are great people. And Samoa is a beautiful island.

@@carlyork8185 Yes, Carl, that's right, when I said 'what a beautiful story' I was referring to joys of subservience!'

Teresa Baker-Carl lets go

Robert Adrian Langdon introduces the theory that the European features of the Polinesians not only physically but culturally are the direct influence of the descendants of the seafaring people of the San Lesmes Caravel, stranded at one of the many atolls in 1526. No other European vessel has been registered to have entered the Pacific since then. 250 years before Cook's arrival, approximately 20 generations, had been passed down genes and dexterities, from catamaran building and sailing, to agriculture, animal farming, astronomy, gastronomy, theatricals and attire. The book is called "The Lost Caravel" however in order to align with the British being the first to have arrived in Pacific, this theory has been silenced and swept under the carpet, coming up with ever ridiculous ideas such as descending from Taiwan or the Incas.

Sir JuJu, I agree, the Natives of the Pacific Northwest coast of North America, particularly the Haida tribe say they had contact with and traded with and intermarried with people from the Hawaiian islands, and there has been many similarities between the carving techniques between the two, weaving techniques in the form of basketry, even they way they portray certain sea creatures and birds in their artwork and carving. The Haida where Whalers and have very large boats compared to many of their neighboring tribes, and they were known to take very long voyages north and south trading with Alaskan peoples and as far south in California to trade with the Chumash people, who where themselves different from their neighboring California tribes in the fact that they also made very sea worthy boats and went to sea after whales and also traded far and wide and some tribes in the west had stories about their ancestors arriving from the west by boat, not from the north or the east by land!! Ancient peoples were more aware of the rest of the world around them then the modern western world and culture being so Eurocentric like to admit!

@@stevenhall8964 yeah. Hawai'i definitely have native blood.

Tor Heyerdahl sailing his raft "Kontiki" from peru to easter island (if I remember it right...) proves your comment correct

10-4 Olmecs?

@@stevenhall8964 king and queen of Hawaii was African decent

The early Polynesian navigators knew how to do it. Have a read of "Vikings of the Sunrise" by Peter S Buck. There's been a lot more books on the subject since then, but that was one of the first.

Tibet?

@@leonaandleebutton5697 No Nepal another country in the Himalayas near Tibet, there is another one called Kashmir!

Robert Adrian Langdon introduces the theory that the European features of the Polinesians not only physically but culturally are the direct influence of the descendants of the seafaring people of the San Lesmes Caravel, stranded at one of the many atolls in 1526. No other European vessel has been registered to have entered the Pacific since then. 250 years before Cook's arrival, approximately 20 generations, had been passed down genes and dexterities, from catamaran building and sailing, to agriculture, animal farming, astronomy, gastronomy, theatricals and attire. The book is called "The Lost Caravel" however in order to align with the British being the first to have arrived in Pacific, this theory has been silenced and swept under the carpet, coming up with ever ridiculous ideas such as descending from Taiwan or the Incas.

You intrigue more than just my mind. You know what in sayin? Wink wink

He was amazing

Beautiful truth all from the motherland of Africa. Early navigators...before the whiteman

Micronesians we’re the first to settle in the pacific, they should do a documentary on that as well

2024….Mahalo to Mau and their teachers for restoring our Navigational Roots in Hawaii’s. Aloha Pumehana, Anakala Mau!!!

@@devince-johricio3987Melanesians were the first in the Pacific, Polynesians were the first to CROSS the Pacific which is what the video is about 🤡

lolz

It's influenced by melanesian people, so it's technically melanesian.

@@mahalolowa4907 well, since Polynesian means “Many Nesians” couldn’t Melanesian be counted as one of the Nesians?? 😊

It’s not ancient by any means, nor is it influenced by a single culture, they’re just popular songs in those countries. For instance, the song that plays when Samoa is brought up is Sosephina, and you can listen to it on YT.

More than likely.

Late reply, sorry. It is an original soundtrack, i.e. composed and recorded for the series.

You are correct. See" "Skeletons in the Cupboard" ...and their references are shared and impeccable.

History is constantly being rewritten. It's why there are historians.

Same. They are trying to discredit that history.

@Gary Snow you mad for what my guy 🤨

You're totally right. We made this film (and the others in Setting Sail series) and it is called The Great Voyagers, not whatever they called it here. But it is nice to see that it finds an audience here as well.

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There’s no evidence that people from America’s has any knowledge of navigation or shipbuilding thousands of years ago! Otherwise archeologists would be rambling about it now..

Not really. The first settlements were probably less than 12,000 years ago and that was about the same time that writing began to appear (give or take about 1,000 years). The culture then was still neolithic, new stone age, but the neolithic lasted many thousands of years. Stone cannot be dated except by the way it was worked. Little other than stone survives.

I'm a little hesitant to say we have a good understanding how far back civilization goes. Its entirely possible it goes back even further than 12,000 years but we dont have evidence of it. How long would evidence last right? 12000 years of natural preservation is asking for allot.

​@@kraykray9585 I agree that what many see as _civilization_ probably goes back longer, maybe a lot longer, but the word _civilization_ implies permanent settlements of some size - basically villages and towns. Earlier than about 12,000 years ago there was probably no perceived need for such settlements which would explain the paucity of evidence - and it was a very long time ago in our terms!

What creationist nonsense. Neanderthals had a culture. More than "a few thousand years."

@@philaypeephilippotter6532 No, civilization means organised groups and language. So you can go back about 40,000 years at least. To say there wasn't a civilised group merely because they were hunter-gatherers is foolish.

I’m not sure where you are from but going back to our shared austronesian language. I think your kora kora warship must have some relation to the karakoa. And the prau are paraw in Philippines. I mean Indonesia and Philippines were directly tied prior to est, of Philippines and Indonesia.

I use to wear my sandals with socks. 😂😂 The amazing thing is the guy who was barefoot. I lived on American Samoa and Guam in my youth. Both are volcanic islands. Lava rock can be very sharp. I ruined a new pair of tennis shoes boonie stomping by walking across lava rock. The sharp edges of the lava rock cut the soles of my shoes to pieces.

Omg yes...I was already wondering what the idea and theory behind those thick socks in sandals were 😂🤣

Someone did that. I just can't remember the title. Search Genealogical Links Asian and Polynesian. This researcher did a world tracing linking all the major groups and showing how they are connected. It's brilliant.

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And micronesia

Te-fiti

Well he did .. just because he was not the first does not mean he did not discover it again .. Much like if you discover / find a hidden path in a forest . You wernt the first . But were the first of your group to discover it

@@RichMccBut the people who discovered it were still there. That’s like seeing an object in somebody’s hand and saying you “discovered it”.

That is not true, there are archeological evidences that vikings have known about what is now Canada for a long time. They even had camps but they never settled like the French and later on the English. So it was not a one-way ticket for the vikings.

Columbus discovered nothing!

Yeah part of the year the wind blows east

The Vikings were not one way tickets they found that they could head west in fall and winter and east in spring and summer, there was for a while regular trading runs from Greenland to Denmark and Norway and vice versa.

Yeah but why ? We know europeans weren't the first so why would they not want to know ?

@@anthonyodonoghue2539 because the roman catholic church and empire.s history and others ,they do not want any stories told that contradicts there time line .we know there was white leaders in Egypt., we know there was a race of red haired people that traveled the world in pre history , we know they are connected to the great building projects around the world , from the middle east , Asia to Easter Island and south america ., these were builders and engineers of great skill , these researchers did not want to admit that people before them were smarter and more skilled , it is just that simple , not little green men building in stone or any other goofy idea .thanks, look into it you will find the truth ,it is not that difficult . good luck .

They probably was deleted from You Tube due to copy right issues. If you do not buy the copy right to a video and it is reported you are posting it on You Tube the Video is gone.

@@covenawhite4855 Thanks for the explanation. I'm not sure I understand this, but thanks anyway. In fact, I'm watching a Timeline video right now. That, too, is on the Inquisition. It's a different one, but still, I can watch it. Some of these things are beyond the comprehension of man! :-)

Some are banned in certain countries coz of copyright

@@anthonyodonoghue2539 Thank you for the info. It makes more sense now. 👍

Negreos

Sebat Hadah around the 2:00 minute mark the narrator say much of this is speculative.

@@mma1st105 I noticed. I'm lamenting that fact. Polynesian sailing is one of my favourite aspects of ancient human history.

Robert Adrian Langdon introduces the theory that the European features of the Polinesians not only physically but culturally are the direct influence of the descendants of the seafaring people of the San Lesmes Caravel, stranded at one of the many atolls in 1526. No other European vessel has been registered to have entered the Pacific since then. 250 years before Cook's arrival, approximately 20 generations, had been passed down genes and dexterities, from catamaran building and sailing, to agriculture, animal farming, astronomy, gastronomy, theatricals and attire. The book is called "The Lost Caravel" however in order to align with the British being the first to have arrived in Pacific, this theory has been silenced and swept under the carpet, coming up with ever ridiculous ideas such as descending from Taiwan or the Incas.

And maybe just like europeans they loved exploring too

Polynesians not phoenicians

What else are you taking responsibility for? Are you not the sea peoples who caused the bronze age collapse?

Robert Adrian Langdon introduces the theory that the European features of the Polinesians not only physically but culturally are the direct influence of the descendants of the seafaring people of the San Lesmes Caravel, stranded at one of the many atolls in 1526. No other European vessel has been registered to have entered the Pacific since then. 250 years before Cook's arrival, approximately 20 generations, had been passed down genes and dexterities, from catamaran building and sailing, to agriculture, animal farming, astronomy, gastronomy, theatricals and attire. The book is called "The Lost Caravel" however in order to align with the British being the first to have arrived in Pacific, this theory has been silenced and swept under the carpet, coming up with ever ridiculous ideas such as descending from Taiwan or the Incas.

Austronesians arose in Taiwan, so it's not only Polynesians, Malay, Philippine, Micronesians, And other Austronesian people.

They are there own people.

Yes we come from Taiwan

Polynesian are different from Austronesia. They are not the same. Why and where did they get this idea🤣🤣

@@wukongking3956 From our genetics and linguistics lol.

Can’t argue w this. Shoutout to Mau Piailug 🙏🏼

Please!

so where's the evidence of anyone before?

the first we have evidence for at least.

@@b.griffin317Micronesians left the Lapita culture and settled Micronesia first before the Polynesians. The Melanesians also settled their islands before Polynesians. Micronesia was the first part of Remote Oceania to be settled and both DNA and pottery tie those settlers back to the Lapita culture

Robert Adrian Langdon introduces the theory that the European features of the Polinesians not only physically but culturally are the direct influence of the descendants of the seafaring people of the San Lesmes Caravel, stranded at one of the many atolls in 1526. No other European vessel has been registered to have entered the Pacific since then. 250 years before Cook's arrival, approximately 20 generations, had been passed down genes and dexterities, from catamaran building and sailing, to agriculture, animal farming, astronomy, gastronomy, theatricals and attire. The book is called "The Lost Caravel" however in order to align with the British being the first to have arrived in Pacific, this theory has been silenced and swept under the carpet, coming up with ever ridiculous ideas such as descending from Taiwan or the Incas.

no there werent, polynesians dominated the entire pacific for thousands of years.

@@yalonyun2785 - Polynesians never have "european features" smdh. Only reason why youd see polynesians mix now is bcuz the white euopean females loved the big polynesian males and their bbc's. Something european males lack.

Sure if you believe in Afrocentric pseudoscience revisionist history lMFAO 🤣

😂😂😂😂

Giant bat wings???

You're high

I can actually see that. Because take the example of the most popular bullet train. They copied it from different animals.

Oh you've met us brits then ? 😂

Actually you'll find its the other way round. They went to south america

@@anthonyodonoghue2539 actually a group of Norwegian scientists drifted on a raft from Peru proving that tiki could've made the journey to the islands. The They made it in like 150 days or something like that on a tiki raft l. True story. Look it up

It's Thor Heyerdahl...the guy who orchestrated the whole thing...his crew was from a multitude of countries Edit: The Con tiki expedition wasn't the only one...the big ones aside from ConTiki were Tigris, Ra1 and Ra2. I know a person who was part of the crew on the Ra2 expedition

We don't come from South America there was a brief trade route and interaction with the Quechua of Peru and that's about it. Our languages and customs are all Austronesian with small melanesian influence. Polynesians are From Taiwan.

@@BarHawa there's a norwegian man who proved that it could be done and how. There is also genetic evidence to bolster his theory

Africans can’t make a boat today, much less thousands of years ago.

They probably thought like humans n humans love adventure so there's probably lots of failed voyages n ppl doing it over n over again too just like the europeans did n other continents peoples