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A traditional Pacific outrigger canoe representing indigenous long-distance navigation without modern instruments

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Why Did Indigenous Navigators Cross Oceans Without Modern Instruments?

Pacific navigators crossed vast distances using stars, swells, birds, clouds and memorized route systems. Tradivior will examine the evidence for these knowledge traditions and the cognitive demands of non-instrument navigation.

A traditional sailing vessel under a starry night sky, representing celestial navigation

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Why Did Mariners Navigate by Stars?

Long before GPS, mariners used stars, Sun, swell, wind, birds and memory to cross open water. Tradivior will compare Mediterranean, Arab, Indian Ocean and Indigenous Pacific navigation without assuming one…