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Pius "Mau" Piailug (pronounced /ˈpaɪəs ˈmaʊ piːˈaɪləɡ/; 1932 – July 12, 2010) was a Micronesian navigator from the Carolinian island of Satawal, best known as a teacher of traditional, non-instrument wayfinding methods for open-ocean voyaging. Mau's Carolinian navigation system, which relies on navigational clues using the Sun and stars, winds and clouds, seas and swells, and birds and fish, was acquired through rote learning passed down through teachings in the oral tradition. He earned the title of master navigator (palu) by the age of eighteen, around the time the first American missionaries arrived in Satawal. As he neared middle age, Mau grew concerned that the practice of navigation in Satawal would disappear as his people became acculturated to Western values. In the hope that the n

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  • Mau Piailug (en)
  • マウ・ピアイルック (ja)
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  • マウ・ピアイルック(他にマウ・ピアイルグ、マウ・ピアイルクとも表記、Pius "Mau" Piailug、1932年 - 2010年7月12日午後6時30分)はミクロネシア連邦のヤップ州に属するサタワル島の住民で、ワリエング流の航法師である。「マウ」は「勇敢な」という意味の通称である。 (ja)
  • Pius "Mau" Piailug (pronounced /ˈpaɪəs ˈmaʊ piːˈaɪləɡ/; 1932 – July 12, 2010) was a Micronesian navigator from the Carolinian island of Satawal, best known as a teacher of traditional, non-instrument wayfinding methods for open-ocean voyaging. Mau's Carolinian navigation system, which relies on navigational clues using the Sun and stars, winds and clouds, seas and swells, and birds and fish, was acquired through rote learning passed down through teachings in the oral tradition. He earned the title of master navigator (palu) by the age of eighteen, around the time the first American missionaries arrived in Satawal. As he neared middle age, Mau grew concerned that the practice of navigation in Satawal would disappear as his people became acculturated to Western values. In the hope that the n (en)
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  • Mau Piailug (en)
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  • Satawal, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia (en)
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  • Weiso, Satawal, Yap, South Seas Mandate, Japan (en)
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