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Hawaii is incredibly remote compared to almost any other inhabited island; do we know how it came to be settled, and who the settlers were?

by td4999

Searocksandtrees

Hi, luckily for you, there are a couple of AskHistorians flaired users who've taken a deep dive into the South Pacific - check out these threads

/u/thefairyguineapig in There are huge gaps between islands in the Pacific, what methods did the Polynesians/Islanders use to discover them and to stay on course in a trip between two islands they already knew existed? Do we know how many/what percentage were lost at sea?.
/u/b1uepenguin in How could Polynesians navigate so well without compasses or sextants and how could they build ships capable of traveling deep ocean?.

NB: There's also a section in our FAQ - Oceania FAQ