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2200 BCE
they set sail again, moving east across 3000 kilometres of open ocean. They discovered the islands that were to become central to Polynesian culture — the Marquesas, the Tuamotus and the Society Islands.
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1200 BCE
between 1000-1200 BCE the polynesians reached Samoa, Tonga and Fiji in their double double-hulled canoes
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1000 BCE
between 1000-1200 BCE the polynesians reached Samoa, Tonga and Fiji in their double double-hulled canoes
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Period: 1000 BCE to 1500
Polynesian settlement
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300
The Polynesians prospered in the Marquesas, then took to the seas again and discovered Easter Island and Hawaii Islands. between 300 and 800 CE.
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800
The Polynesians prospered in the Marquesas, then took to the seas again and discovered Easter Island and Hawaii Islands. between 300 and 800 CE.
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1000
. In approximately 1000 CE, the Polynesian explorers made their way south to the largest of the Polynesian islands — Aotearoa or, as we know it, New Zealand.