“My grandfather Raangipi taught me the stars, but I didn't write it down like you are doing. I kept everything in my head. This is called paafu.”

— Mau Piailug

The Last Navigator (1987)

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Micronesian navigator from the Carolinian island of Satawal… 1932–2010

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