Geography of Europe

CHAPTER 16 The Maritime Revolution, to 1550 I?? seq NLA \r 0 \h . Global Maritime Expansion Before 1450 A?? seq NL1 \r 0 \h . The Pacific Ocean 1?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . Over a period of several thousand years, peoples originally from the Malay Peninsula crossed the water to settle the islands of the East Indies, New Guinea, the Melanesian and Polynesian islands, the Marquesas, New Zealand, and other Pacific islands out to Hawaii. 2?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . Polynesian expansion was the result of planned voyages undertaken with the intention of establishing colonies. Polynesian mariners navigated by the stars and by their observations of ocean currents and evidence of land. B?? seq NL1 \r 0 \h . The Indian Ocean