I appreciate that you made that, when I lived in Hawaii for half a year I was surprised to learn that seafaring people and other travellers were going to places I couldn’t see on the base Google map. You had to zoom in and know where to.
You may be intrigued by a channel between Lānaʻi and Kahoʻolawe named “Kealaikahiki”, which translates to “The road to Tahiti”. Following the direction of the channel will lead to Tahiti. I find this fascinating because voyages between the Hawaiian islands and the rest of Polynesia appeared to have stopped, or became very rare, after the initial settlement. How incredible is it that the name of a place retains such a connection to the rest of the world?
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I appreciate that you made that, when I lived in Hawaii for half a year I was surprised to learn that seafaring people and other travellers were going to places I couldn’t see on the base Google map. You had to zoom in and know where to.
And in many cases, bring your passport.
Interesting Waterworld out there
You may be intrigued by a channel between Lānaʻi and Kahoʻolawe named “Kealaikahiki”, which translates to “The road to Tahiti”. Following the direction of the channel will lead to Tahiti. I find this fascinating because voyages between the Hawaiian islands and the rest of Polynesia appeared to have stopped, or became very rare, after the initial settlement. How incredible is it that the name of a place retains such a connection to the rest of the world?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channels_of_the_Hawaiian_Islan...