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They used wayfinding by reading what was around them, rather than dead reckoning.
by simonjgreen 10y ago
They used wayfinding by reading what was around them, rather than dead reckoning.
- theoh 10y agoYou're right. "Polynesian Dead Reckoning" doesn't appear to be a thing at all. Maybe the GP was referring to the "cold reading"-like ingenuity of their navigational techniques. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynesian_navigation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynesian_navigation