Herb Kawainui Kāne - Wikipedia Charles Nainoa Thompson (born March 11, 1953) is an American Native Hawaiian navigator and the president of the Polynesian Voyaging Society.nainoa thompson biography of williams1 In 1980 Nainoa Thompson (1953–) became the first Hawaiian in centuries to navigate a canoe to another archipelago when he guided the reconstructed voyaging canoe Höküleÿa from Hawai'i to Tahiti and back by non-instrument, quasi-traditional methods.Finding the Way: Nainoa Thompson, navigates open seas and ... Biography. Trained by the likes of Mau Piailug and Herb Kāne, Charles Nainoa Thompson has since joined his kūpuna (teachers) as one of the most renowned navigators of our time. Hailing from Niu Valley on the island of O’ahu, the Native Hawaiian navigator has had an influential role in revitalizing the ancient Polynesian art of navigation. 
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Charles Nainoa Thompson (born March 11, ) is an American Native Hawaiian navigator and the president of the Polynesian Voyaging Society. Nainoa Thompson - Hōkūleʻa, carousel
In Nainoa Thompson (–) became the first Hawaiian in centuries to navigate a canoe to another archipelago when he guided the reconstructed voyaging canoe Höküleÿa from Hawai'i to Tahiti and back by non-instrument, quasi-traditional methods. Nainoa thompson biography of williams3
Nainoa Thompson, navigator for the Polynesian Voyaging Society, has inspired and led a revival of traditional voyaging arts in Hawai'i and Polynesia-arts which have been lost for centuries due to the cessation of such voyaging and the colonization and Westernization of the Polynesian archipelagos.
Nainoa Thompson, navigator for the Polynesian Voyaging Society, has inspired and led a revival of traditional voyaging arts in Hawai'i and Polynesia-arts which have been lost for centuries due to the cessation of such voyaging and the colonization and Westernization of the Polynesian archipelagos.
Native Hawaiian navigator Nainoa Thompson has been named W&M's first Scholar in Ocean Residency at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. Nainoa Thompson is widely regarded as the first Native Hawaiian in modern times to adopt and successfully use traditional Polynesian voyaging methods for open-ocean sailing.
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Biography. Trained by the likes of Mau Piailug and Herb Kāne, Charles Nainoa Thompson has since joined his kūpuna (teachers) as one of the most renowned navigators of our time. Hailing from Niu Valley on the island of O’ahu, the Native Hawaiian navigator has had an influential role in revitalizing the ancient Polynesian art of navigation. Nainoa Thompson - Wikipedia
Nainoa Thompson is widely regarded as the first Native Hawaiian in modern times to adopt and successfully use traditional Polynesian voyaging methods for open-ocean sailing. Nainoa thompson biography of williams5
Thompson has developed a system of wayfinding, or non-instrument navigation, synthesizing traditional principles of ancient Pacific navigation and modern scientific knowledge. This system of wayfinding is being taught in schools and practiced throughout Hawai'i and the Pacific.
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In , Nainoa became the first Native Hawaiian in years to navigate a voyaging canoe to Tahiti without instruments. Nainoa has since captained and navigated Hōkūleʻa on more than a dozen voyages and has passed on his knowledge for decades.