polynesian expansion across the pacific

dates of polynesian expansion

Period: Jan 1, 1901 to Oct 10, 2012

6000 BCE

Oct 10, 1901

Migrants leave Taiwan for Malanesia

4000 BC

Oct 10, 1904

Migrants leave the Solomon Island for New Caledonia

2500 BC

Oct 10, 1908

Migrants continue further to Fiji, Samoa, anf Tonga

200 BCE

Oct 10, 1910

Somoan migrants continue on to the Marquesas Islands

300 CE

Oct 10, 1914

Island of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) is occupied by migrants from the Marquesas Islands

400 CE

Oct 10, 1918

Hawaii was settled by migrates from the Marquesas Islands

800 CE

Oct 10, 1922

Maori settlers leave to Cook Islands for Aotearoa (new Zealand)