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Era: Contemporary World

1945 onward. Postwar change and recent history; cross-period articles can appear in more than one era.

Hōkūleʻa’s double hull and two large sails during its return to Honolulu in 1976, with accompanying vessels

How Hōkūleʻa Found Tahiti Without Instruments

The 1976 Hōkūleʻa voyage joined living Micronesian navigation with a Hawaiian cultural renewal. What it proved is more precise, and richer, than a simple voyage of rediscovery.

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