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Papa Mau: The Wayfinder

2010

Documentary, Self: Mau Piailug, Kawainui Kane, Ben Finney, Billy Richards

Documentary A documentary that takes a retrospective look at the influence of Mau Piailug, a native from the tiny Micronesian atoll of Satawal, in reviving the art of non-instrument navigation in Polynesia. Relying solely on his knowledge of celestial bodies, oceanic currents, and natural markers, Mau guided the traditional sailing canoe Hokulea on a 1976 voyaging to Tahiti, a journey not completed in more than 600 years.

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