EPISODE · Aug 1, 2025 · 22 MIN
Polynesians: Ep.4 - The God Who Returned Too Soon
from America and its People · host Andy
For centuries, the Pacific was European explorers' impossible puzzle. 63 million square miles where sailors found nothing but endless water. The Polynesians had already solved it, using stars and swells to discover every island in paradise. Their greatest find was Hawaii, forged in fire by the goddess Pele. Then Captain Cook showed up at exactly the wrong time.Attribution Notes: Drums: Tribal Style Drums.wav by rodincoil -- https://freesound.org/s/271383/ -- License: Attribution 4.0Whales: humpback_whales_and_orcas_ambient_underwater_recording by raiden04 -- https://freesound.org/s/797762/ -- License: Attribution 4.0Sailing:Sailing Ambience - Low Wind by iainmccurdy -- https://freesound.org/s/645974/ -- License: Attribution 4.0Wind:Wind, Realistic, A.wav by InspectorJ -- https://freesound.org/s/405561/ -- License: Attribution 4.0Waves: 221030_2228_FR_SurfingWaves.wav by kevp888 -- https://freesound.org/s/658051/ -- License: Attribution 4.0Brawl: Group fighting by sonsdebarcelona -- https://freesound.org/s/221960/ -- License: Attribution 3.0
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For centuries, the Pacific was European explorers' impossible puzzle. 63 million square miles where sailors found nothing but endless water. The Polynesians had already solved it, using stars and swells to discover every island in paradise. Their greatest find was Hawaii, forged in fire by the goddess Pele. Then Captain Cook showed up at exactly the wrong time.Attribution Notes: Drums: Tribal Style Drums.wav by rodincoil -- https://freesound.org/s/271383/ -- License: Attribution 4.0Whales: humpback_whales_and_orcas_ambient_underwater_recording by raiden04 -- https://freesound.org/s/797762/ -- License: Attribution 4.0Sailing:Sailing Ambience - Low Wind by iainmccurdy -- https://freesound.org/s/645974/ -- License: Attribution 4.0Wind:Wind, Realistic, A.wav by InspectorJ -- https://freesound.org/s/405561/ -- License: Attribution 4.0Waves: 221030_2228_FR_SurfingWaves.wav by kevp888 -- https://freesound.org/s/658051/ -- License: Attribution 4.0Brawl: Group fighting by sonsdebarcelona -- https://freesound.org/s/221960/ -- License: Attribution 3.0
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