4 hours agoScientists Can Find Out Who Discovered Antarctica
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)The M finishedori community may have been the first to discover Antarctica, with ties to the ice continent and surrounding oceans dating back to the seventh century, researchers have said. A new article from Otago University combined oral literature and stories, and it turns out that Maori, the indigenous people from New Zealand, [...]
A new article from the University of Otago combined oral literature and stories, and it turns out that Maori, the indigenous people from New Zealand, were the first people to discover Antarctica.
They write that Maori has been traveling for a long time, perhaps since the seventh century, and are registered in a large number of oral traditions, writes The Guardian, following Periscope.
According to oral stories of Maori Ngati Raro and Father Awa, the first man to travel to the Arctic was Polynesian explorer Hui Te Rangiora.
Oral stories from 1899 describe the Arctic voyage with the words: <x0 Monstruos; women diving into mountain waves... deceptive sea animals diving into deep depths a dark, dark place without sunlight. ” /Periscope
