AD 1400: Tahitians control trade routes
Tahitians, sailing double-hulled canoes, take over the oceanic trade routes between Hawai‘i and Tahiti.
- Theme
- Land and Water
- Region
- Hawai‘i
John Webber, an artist aboard British navigator James Cook's ship, represents Hawaiians sailing a double-hulled canoe, ca. 1781
Courtesy Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum