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.
1200 BCE
between 1000-1200 BCE the polynesians reached Samoa, Tonga and Fiji in their double double-hulled canoes
1000 BCE
between 1000-1200 BCE the polynesians reached Samoa, Tonga and Fiji in their double double-hulled canoes
Period: 1000 BCE to 1500
Polynesian settlement
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.
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.
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.
