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Did the Polynesians reach the Americas before Columbus?
How an ethnolinguistic group spread across the Pacific
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The ancient Polynesians were incredibly skilled navigators who managed to discover and settle on hundreds of islands across the Pacific. Their territory extended from Hawaii in the north to New Zealand in the southwest and Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in the southeast. But did they go as far as the American continent?
In this gallery, we look back at Polynesian voyages and expansion, and examine the evidence of their presence in the Americas. Click on to learn all about it.
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