Weriyeng
Weriyeng(also spelled "Warieng" )[1]is one of the last two schools of traditionalnavigationfound in the centralCaroline IslandsinMicronesia,the other beingFanur.[2]By tradition these two schools were considered to be the most high of all the schools of navigation that once dotted the islands of the central Carolines. By tradition the Weriyeng school was founded on the island ofPulap,which is today in thePattiwregion ofChuuk State,Federated States of Micronesia.
Mau Piailugis one of the most famous navigators of this school. He trained the well-known modern Hawaiian wayfinderNainoa Thompson.[3]
Palu (master navigator) in this school
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^Gladwin, Thomas (1970).East Is a Big Bird.Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp.200.ISBN0-674-22425-6.
- ^Woodward, David (1998).History of Cartography.University of Chicago Press. p. 470.ISBN0-226-90728-7.Retrieved2010-08-04.
- ^"Pius" Mau "Piailug".Polynesian Voyaging Society.
External links
[edit]- Polynesian Voyaging Society Honors Mau Piailug
- Documentary Anthropologist Website
- Jane's Chuuk Page
- The Micronesian Seminar
- Chuuk (Truk) Visitors Center
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