Historic Micronesian Canoe Voyage Reaches Orchid Island

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By Scott Huang/Zalán Sata

The Alingano Maisu, a traditional double-hulled Micronesian canoe, has landed at Taiwan's Orchid Island. Built in memory of Micronesian navigator Mau Piailug, and used to teach ancestral navigation with stars, swells, and winds, the canoe has completed its first journey from Palau to Taiwan.