How did ancient Polynesians first find all the remote Pacific islands? Did they just sail in random directions hoping to find land?

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I asked this same question in an anthropology class @ University of Hawaii.

prof: well, how have humans usually found new places?

me: by just… exploring? you can’t blindly wander the ocean tho, it’s too dangerous

prof: and exploring the land isn’t? i think the issue is you look at the ocean as an obstacle, whereas polynesians do not. in their eyes, the ocean is a highway

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