Our Watery World: The Stick Charts of Micronesia | Great Maps Explained

[@colinjones5379]

Extremely underrated channel! Subbed! The production values are out of this world, the expertise and passion are real. I hope you take off!

[@CleoHarperReturns]

Stick charts have always seemed so cool and mysterious to me but I never felt comfortable deciphering them. You've explained it in such a way that even I could understand. If I were allowed to subscribe twice I would. Thank you so much for this. I'm going to go digging to see if you have a dedicated video on star navigation; if not, I'd like to request it.

[@learnwithmapster]

Thanks so much for the comment and for subscribing!! More navigation-related map videos will be coming, but I'm working at a slow-ish pace.

[@CleoHarperReturns]

@@learnwithmapster By all means, take your time. I'm not going anywhere.

[@mistiridungoen]

I saw stick charts in a random KZbin video and was captivated by it's concept, so i went to wikipedia and then this video, this is genuinely such an incredible video, it shows the world in a completely different light and shows how these people were able to explore the expanse of the Pacific much like the stick charts, It really feels like you captured the essence of what makes this so fascinating and made it into a video. Hope the algorithim catches this video and give it millions of views it deserves. 10/10

[@learnwithmapster]

Thank you for the kind comment! I'm really glad you enjoyed the video. I'm working on one now about Songlines that you might enjoy too.

[@Areyoukiddingme96]

Immediate sub, this channel is gonna do numbers

[@wilsonov87]

I've always wanted to have a better understanding of these maps, thank you

[@kaloyan261]

Great video! I just found your channel yesterday and I'm loving it! Good and unique quality content about maps. Keep it up! P.D: Genuinely don't know how can you have so few subscribers but here you have a new one :)

[@mrsdiss]

i just watched all 4 of the Great Maps Explained series, and am amazed. these are really really good! subbed and looking forward to the next installment!

[@learnwithmapster]

Thank you so much! They'll keep coming about once a month!

[@_laststand_]

Needs more views, great video

[@curtdilger6235]

Amazing work thank you. This presentation is so thorough and you have such an impressive grasp of the physical and conceptual tools. Suggestion: the plan of St Gall might be an interesting one to cover as well. Regards

[@learnwithmapster]

Very interesting! I will put it on the list! Thanks.

[@KalebPeters99]

This video is astounding, fantastic work 🙏✨

[@CPTAwesome9000]

Great video! I was surprised when I say the views and sub count. This is amazing work!

[@learnwithmapster]

Thanks so much:)

[@TerriPlunkett]

This was awesome Thank you

[@s.vanheijnsbergen9644]

I'm either very early, or other the rest of us still need a map to navigate toward this channel. Anyway, you got me interested in a subject I didn't know about. Have a new subscriber and a good day!

[@learnwithmapster]

Thanks for the nice comment :)

[@GasoliniASMR]

Another great video. Fascinating.

[@fullc0de]

Terrific video!

[@ninio9576]

Anyone know where the descriptive writing of the account of navigating in a Vaka at the very beginning is taken from? Thanks :)

[@learnwithmapster]

I just made that up :)

[@stuckinperth]

Stop saying South Pacific, the whole of Micronesia you speak of is located north of the equator ESPECIALLY Hawaii.

[@learnwithmapster]

Thanks for the correction!

[@vonoiteuo]

That’s why Hawaii belongs in Micronesia

[@Appachoppa112]

⁠​⁠@@vonoiteuomicronesia, melanesia, and polynesia was made by the westerners lol. The pacific people know we all related

[@martinmullender-taeter5163]

there is a historical people known as THE SEA PEOPLES... just saying, they were around the Mediterranean and Africa, im saying this because we like to take commonly used names we dont know anything about and start tossing them around on cultures that have nothing to do with the actual name, the oceanic tribes were fantastic and interesting, but the sea people ... thats a different story i want to know an answer to and not just peg it on the closest thing around

[@learnwithmapster]

Yep, I was slightly hesitant to use the term "sea people" in this case, but as there are some other works with that name referring to Oceania's navigators, I went with it anyway. It's also important to note that the "sea people", as we call them, are only called that in historical sources as a general term, but we have no idea how those people referred to themselves (or if they were even a cohesive culture at all -- it's very debatable). But thank you for the note, and you can keep an eye out if you like for videos that may very well feature the Mediterranean "sea people"!

[@Nepukosweno]

I’ll help you for name in our island of Micronesia, papa mau was known as PËNÜ (navigator) if someone ask you from Micronesia, keep it up that good work, thank you for sharing ❤

[@learnwithmapster]

Thank you! Thanks for watching :)@@Nepukosweno

[@HaileISela]

this video rhymes tremendously well with the perspective on world history, sailing, navigation and mathematics of Richard Buckminster Fuller. you might know his Dymaxion map, i hope you do and have perhaps looked into its synergetic basis, too, as that also interweaves with the whole world you so vividly lay out to us here. in Bucky's mind, all of those sea peoples were actually related through their ancient skills and traditions of ship building, navigation, storytelling, and not least mathematics. the similarities between some of these maps and the trihexagonal weave known from japanese basketry as kagome. it is actually spread far and wide, from Nepal to Amazonia, i've seen African examples of it, from the Arctic peoples, as well as Chinese and not least the Sepak Takraw ball weaving... almost seems as if only europeans forgot about it. perhaps those deeper roots were cut as civilizations caught knowledge in books and cut the holy forests and trees to cut the land people's roots, their spirit, and overtime turn the forests into big sailing ships to fight wars over conquered territories. i am very grateful for the brilliant work you put into this video

[@stuckinperth]

Dudes hurt because of the term sea people. As much as you want the sea people of the Mediterranean to be relevant they couldn’t hold a flame to the mighty people of the Pacific Ocean