The discovery of Hawai'i
could not have resulted from an accidental drift voyage of helpless
storm-wrecked fishermen; the way north demanded close-reaching against the wind
through three different regions of prevailing winds and ocean currents. A
coconut cannot drift from the South Pacific to Hawai'i through these zones.
Those who sailed were on a purposeful voyage of exploration. They knew the
dangers; they knew of canoes which had sailed and never returned; but their
ancestors had always found new islands in their ocean world, and the spirits of
their most powerful ancestors would guide them...
Page 14-15, Ancient Hawaii
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