[Rodney King]

I'm still wondering how the Polynesians made it to Hawaii. Doesn't anyone else find it odd that some men would sail out into the middle of a huge ocean in a canoe and find land 2000 miles away; and they would take women along?. What were they doing? Why would enough Polynesians set out to have any statistical chance of even finding Hawaii? Are all Hawaiians supposedly descendants of one Polynesian pair, or were there several? People who question the conventional wisdom would like to know.

A lot of the great viking explorers were essentially escaping death, having been exiled or been in a feud with some king or other. It could be the same sort of thing.

[ml/nj]

A lot of the great viking explorers were essentially escaping death, having been exiled or been in a feud with some king or other. It could be the same sort of thing.

First the evidence that the Vikings came to North America is quite thin. It's a nice story though. Second, assuming they did reach North America, it should be pretty obvious that North America presents a rather much larger profile than do the Hawaiian Islands. I'm not sure but I think the North Atlantic surface currents might assist especially a trip originating at Greenland. I don't think there are Pacific Ocean currents which would help a Polynesian to hit Hawaii.

ML/NJ