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NAVIGATORS OF THE UNKNOWN FALL LOOK BOOK 2013

Releasing Saturday, October 26, 2013.The deeper modern science delves into history, the more evidence is uncovered proving that the ancient Kanaka Maoli of Hawai‘i were far from primitive or unsophisticated civilization. Many of the Western world's great navigators were using rudimentary navigational tools. However, despite the lack of such essential instruments, the Kanaka Maoli were able to circumnavigate the seas using a basic fundamental set of skills that involved the "altitude of stars passing overhead, a mental record of courses steered, the places on the horizon of rising and setting of familiar stars, ocean swells", and their expert mastery of clouds. With these superb capabilities, such highly distinguished men, such as the High Priest Pa‘ao, were able to sail back...

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