May 1, 1976

achievement

Hōkūleʻa's Maiden Voyage to Tahiti

The double-hulled voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa departed Hawaiʻi for Tahiti using only traditional wayfinding, demonstrating that Polynesians navigated the Pacific intentionally and igniting the Hawaiian Renaissance.

Sources

  1. hokulea.com hokulea.com/history
  2. kawaiola.news kawaiola.news/moomeheu/hookele-pololei-ia-hokulea-celebrating-50-years-of-traditional-voyaging