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Painting Below: Navigator (Kahuna Kilo Hoku) by Herb Kawainui Kane

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- An Account of Traditional Tahitian Navigation: from The Quest and Occupation of Tahiti by Emissaries of Spain during the Years 1772-6 (London: Hakluyt Society, 1913-1919 Vol. II., 284-287). The account is from the journal of Andia y Varela, who visited Tahiti in 1774.

- "Hawaiians as Navigators and Seaman": by Samuel Wilder King, published in the 34th Annual Report of the Hawaiian Historical Society, 1925, 11-14.

- Non-Instrument Navigation: A Summary of Wayfinding Techniques

- Modern Wayfinding: A detailed description of the art of modern Hawaiian wayfinder Nainoa Thompson.

- Star Navigation: by Sam Low, from “Soundings Magazine.”

- Bibliography--Wayfinding