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Navigated the Hōkūleʻa's 1976 Hawaii-to-Tahiti voyage using traditional Micronesian non-instrument wayfinding, empirically validating that such techniques were sufficient for intentional trans-oceanic voyaging.
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Born
September 20, 1932 · Satawal, Micronesia
Died
July 13, 2010
Nationality
Micronesian
Connections
2
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Mau Piailug worked with Anne Stine Ingstad on the Hokule'a voyaging canoe project and Pacific navigation research in the 1970s.
Mau Piailug served as navigator and cultural advisor on Thor Heyerdahl's Hokule'a voyages, helping to revive traditional Polynesian wayfinding techniques.