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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Surprised none of the top comments mentioned this, but they didnt just pay attention to birds migrating to orient themselves, they also actually caged and brought some sea birds with them. They were periodically released so they could get their bearing. Source: saw it on the new cosmos with ol’ Niel Degrasse Tyson

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