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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This will probably get buried (and maybe was already mentioned, but…

It’s not just the clouds, but the color on the underside of clouds. Lots of green reflects differently than blue or gray.

Also, I have see the current maps made by the Polynesians, which matches the description of what the Marshallese use. The only difference on the one I saw included sewed on little cowrie shells indicating the position of known islands.

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