Tupaia’s map of the Pacific

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18th-century map manuscript map navigational chart

Tupaia’s map of the Pacific is an 18th-century chart created by the Polynesian navigator Tupaia that depicted the locations and interconnections of numerous Pacific islands based on Indigenous voyaging knowledge rather than European surveying techniques.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	18th-century map ⓘ manuscript map ⓘ navigational chart ⓘ
associatedWith	Cook’s first Pacific voyage ⓘ Polynesian voyaging traditions ⓘ
basedOn	Indigenous voyaging knowledge ⓘ Polynesian navigational knowledge ⓘ
cartographicPerspective	Indigenous Pacific perspective ⓘ
cartographicPurpose	to show relationships rather than precise scale distances ⓘ
cartographicType	mental map rendered on paper ⓘ
contrastsWith	European surveying techniques ⓘ longitude-latitude grid mapping ⓘ
creator	Tupaia NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalContext	Polynesian culture ⓘ
depicts	Pacific Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ island interconnections ⓘ relative positions of islands ⓘ
epistemicTradition	Polynesian wayfinding epistemology ⓘ
function	communication of island networks to Europeans ⓘ representation of voyaging routes ⓘ
geographicRegion	Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ Polynesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAuthorEthnicity	Polynesian ⓘ
hasAuthorRole	expert in wayfinding ⓘ navigator ⓘ priest ⓘ
hasInterpretationChallenge	difficult for Europeans to interpret using their own mapping conventions ⓘ
historicalSignificance	challenges Eurocentric views of Pacific cartography ⓘ evidence of sophisticated pre-European Pacific navigation ⓘ
knowledgeSource	island-to-island voyaging experience ⓘ ocean-swell patterns ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ star navigation ⓘ wayfinding practice ⓘ
language	Polynesian oral and symbolic traditions ⓘ
medium	paper ⓘ
portrays	network of island groups ⓘ voyaging directions between islands ⓘ
relatedTo	Indigenous cartography ⓘ history of Pacific exploration ⓘ history of navigation ⓘ
represents	conceptual distances between islands ⓘ non-linear spatial relationships ⓘ
subject	Polynesian navigation ⓘ
timePeriod	18th century ⓘ
uses	Indigenous spatial concepts ⓘ non-European cartographic conventions ⓘ

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Tupaia → hasNotableWork → Tupaia’s map of the Pacific ⓘ