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Venkatesh Rao
@vgr
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May 26, 2022
Interesting. Via
@JonathanHillis
smithsonianmag.com
How the Voyage of the Kon-Tiki Misled the World About Navigating the Pacific
Smithsonian geographer Doug Herman explains the traditional science of traversing the ocean seas
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Kyle Mathews
@kylemathews
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May 26, 2022
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read https://amazon.com/gp/product/B075W8HWPQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_d_asin_title_o07?ie=UTF8&psc=1… recently — the story of polynesians spreading across the pacific feels like scifi story of humanity spreading across stars.
amazon.com
On the Road of the Winds: An Archaeological History of the Pacific Islands before European Contact,...
On the Road of the Winds: An Archaeological History of the Pacific Islands before European Contact, Revised and Expanded Edition
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Venkatesh Rao
@vgr
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@JonathanHillis
I have David lewis’ classic We the Navigators :)
5:09 PM · May 26, 2022
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