Wright Bowman Sr. constructed the scale model of Hawai`iloa in front of you.
Look for the navigator with the night watch crew.
He uses the rising and setting positions of star constellations
to estimate the latitude (north-south position) of the canoe.
(Photo by Jeffrey Sue)

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