Informative Speech On Polynean Navigators

Who first discovered, explored and settled in the pacific

Namaskaram and Ni sa bula vinaka. Sincere greeting to Miss Betty. I would like to welcome you on the journey of who first discovered, explored and settled the pacific island.

The Pacific Ocean which is the largest ocean in the earth, covering 165.2 million square km. larger than all the lands combined. “over 1000 years ago, the islands of Polynesia were explored and settled by the navigators who used only the waves, the stars and the flights of birds for guidance” (Irwin, 1987). Hence, looking at the world’s maritime history, it can be said that the most successful navigators and the successful types of ships are the Polynesian sea going canoe and the Polynesian navigators. Thus a race

The canoe was very important to the Polynesian since without the use of canoes they will not be able to expand. Let us now focus on the linguistic evidence of human contact between South America and Polynesia. The evidence found are as follows: the sweet potatoes, an indigenous plant to the South America were found in Polynesia. Another evidence found is the DNA of the animals which stated, “Determining the genetic origin of the animals and plants that are known to be in association with the human settlement in the pacific” (Smith & Robin, 2004). Thus, the animals cannot travel from one place to another unless they have been brought my humans. These animals include rats, pigs, dogs and chickens. Therefore, “the Polynesian traveled eastwards across the tropic pacific to the remote Oceania and they carried with them the domesticated plants, animals to survive in their new islands” (Denny & Smith, 2010). Thus, the Polynesian food including, taro, yam, sugarcane and the animals (like pigs, chicken and dogs) that had come from the Asian side of the pacific.

Moreover, the linguistic evidence states that the navigators had travelled in a triangle form. “Cultural and linguistic evidence further supports the west to east migration pattern, with striking similarities observed across the Polynesian