The difference between European or Western oceanic islands and indigenous or Polynesian islands was mainly that Polynesian’s were much more in touch with nature than the European’s. The Polynesian’s were capable to navigate incredibly long distances by navigation through things like stars, waves, birds and the sun. Polynesian’s seen the sea as an open highway and were not afraid to travel long distances without seeing land because they could rely on their ability to navigate through the signs of nature, where as European’s stayed close to land for fear of getting lost at sea. In the video “The Art of The Tautai: Polynesian Wayfinder” it discusses the Polynesian’s idea that the ocean connects us rather than divides us. The Polynesian’s seen
