Were the sailors of the Great White Fleet of 1908 pre Tiki? - General Tiki

O Ojaitimo Member Joined: Aug 04, 2006 Posts: 1317	O Ojaitimo Posted posted on Fri, Oct 16, 2009 11:05 PM Thanks , the real credit goes to the USN historical site where these came from. I foumd the real pre Tiki sailors though. This Great Fleet sailed long before they did. quote Maori legend tells us that the first mass arrival of Polynesian settlers was around 1350. This is called the great fleet. The Great Fleet forms part of the Maori canoe tradition, handed down orally from generation to generation. According to this tradition, the canoes of the Great Fleet arrived from the mythical homeland of Hawaiiki, generally considered as being somewhere in Eastern Polynesia. The canoes of the Great Fleet were the Aotea, Arawa, Tainui, Kurahaupo, Takitimu, Horouata, Tokomaru and Mataatua.

Thanks , the real credit goes to the USN historical site where these came from. I foumd the real pre Tiki sailors though. This Great Fleet sailed long before they did.

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Maori legend tells us that the first mass arrival of Polynesian settlers was around 1350. This is called the great fleet.

The Great Fleet forms part of the Maori canoe tradition, handed down orally from generation to generation. According to this tradition, the canoes of the Great Fleet arrived from the mythical homeland of Hawaiiki, generally considered as being somewhere in Eastern Polynesia.

The canoes of the Great Fleet were the Aotea, Arawa, Tainui, Kurahaupo, Takitimu, Horouata, Tokomaru and Mataatua.

Post #488664 by Ojaitimo on Fri, Oct 16, 2009 11:05 PM