The Organisation of Navigational Knowledge on Puluwat
From Habele Institute
Riesenberg, Saul H (March 1972). "The Organisation of Navigational Knowledge on Puluwat". Journal of the Polynesian Society. 81 (1): 19–56. doi:10.2307/20704826. ISSN 0032-4000.
Abstract: This article describes some of the mnemonic devices and systems of classification employed by the navigators of the atoll of Puluwat (or "Polowat") in the Central Caroline Islands to arrange their knowledge of geography and of star courses into organised bodies of data. The word geography is used here in a very broad sense, to include both natural and mythical phenomena, and animate beings as well, when they are part of those bodies of data and are used as reference points by navigators in finding their way on the high seas.
