In the book Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson there is an entire chapter on Tupaia and Cook, as well as another chapter on Polynesia nav

In the book Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson there is an entire chapter on Tupaia and Cook, as well as another chapter on Polynesia navigation: * https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/40536236-sea-people https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/40536236-sea-people Part of the mental model is (generally) that instead of the boat moving, it is the vessel that stays still and the ocean and islands 'flow' past it. Kind of how folks used to think the Earth was at the centre of the cosmos and the heavens moved (which is still used as the basis for celestial navigation with a sextant).