DGP Chapter 6 Vikings and The Polynesians: Exploring New Worlds

When it comes to history, we learn form the past from writings that have been written.  When it comes to the Vikings and the Polynesians however, finding history about these two cultures was difficult since there was hardly any written evidence.  There was only a limited amount of information about both cultures.  Both cultures developed ways to travel across the sea which would help them colonize and allow them to trade.  The Vikings traveled the sea through Europe, parts of Asia, and North America.  While the Polynesians traveled around the "Polynesian triangle" going from island to island, places like: Hawaii, Samoa, New Zealand, etc.  Plus even to Indonesia and even the Philippines.  The problem when it came to the Polynesians was that they did not have a writing system.  It wasn't until the 16th century when the Europeans came to Pacific and helped them write their history.