I. Global Maritime Expansion Before 1450
A. The Pacific Ocean
1. Over a period of several thousand years, peoples originally from Asia crossed the water to settle the islands of the East Indies, New Guinea, the Melanesian and Polynesian islands, the Marquesas, New Zealand, and other Pacific islands out to Hawaii. Polynesian use of the sweet potato, domesticated in South America, suggests that they may have reached the Americas.
2. Polynesian migration and establishment of colonies was aided by the development of large, double-hulled canoes that used both paddlers and sails. Polynesian mariners navigated by the stars and by their observations of ocean currents and evidence of land.
B. The Indian Ocean
1. Malayo-Indonesians colonized the island
A. The Pacific Ocean
1. Over a period of several thousand years, peoples originally from Asia crossed the water to settle the islands of the East Indies, New Guinea, the Melanesian and Polynesian islands, the Marquesas, New Zealand, and other Pacific islands out to Hawaii. Polynesian use of the sweet potato, domesticated in South America, suggests that they may have reached the Americas.
2. Polynesian migration and establishment of colonies was aided by the development of large, double-hulled canoes that used both paddlers and sails. Polynesian mariners navigated by the stars and by their observations of ocean currents and evidence of land.
B. The Indian Ocean
1. Malayo-Indonesians colonized the island