Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 8, 2020 12:03:35 GMT 12
MAORI WERE NOT GREAT NAVIGATORS
SCC writes > Maori were not great navigators.
They arrived by winds, current & weather.
Remember...they did not have any way of measuring time, angles, distance, speed. No latitude or longitude, no maps or charts, no numerical system, no written language, no letters or alphabet, no idea the earth was not flat etc etc.
I have been to a maori navigation lesson and the whole thing was so flawed, it was hilarious.
I asked the lecturer after the course, what was a "maori nautical mile" and he said "1852m I suppose".
When you think about that....they didn't have metres, nor a numerical system....and if they did, what's the chances it would be base 10? I laughed all the way home!
SCC writes > Maori were not great navigators.
They arrived by winds, current & weather.
Remember...they did not have any way of measuring time, angles, distance, speed. No latitude or longitude, no maps or charts, no numerical system, no written language, no letters or alphabet, no idea the earth was not flat etc etc.
I have been to a maori navigation lesson and the whole thing was so flawed, it was hilarious.
I asked the lecturer after the course, what was a "maori nautical mile" and he said "1852m I suppose".
When you think about that....they didn't have metres, nor a numerical system....and if they did, what's the chances it would be base 10? I laughed all the way home!