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[–] Barabas@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I always compartmentalised the Polynesian triangle expansion as somewhere around 0-400 AD for some reason.

New Zeeland being settled for a shorter time than Iceland just seems strange to me.

[–] WrongOnTheInternet@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

There's smaller hops from island to island and the distance is shorter, e.g. here is NZ if it was in the northern hemisphere with the same distance from NZ - Australia depicted as NZ - Scotland

[–] Barabas@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I understand why, but I think of Iceland as a recent venture (relatively speaking). It is a bit like having to recalibrate that Rome never conquered the highlands of Sardinia. There were just guys up there intermittently raiding their settlements for 1000 years.

[–] huf@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago

wait what, really? OH MY GOD COOL, eternal guerillas resisting the great satan?

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