What do you suppose possessed the first man that made a boat

>>901980

I imagine the earlier boats were made so they could go out further to get fish (makes sense, logically). And then as their boatmaking skills improved they were able to go on longer voyages before finally realizing that besides getting to fish boats could be used to explore, trade, and go on raiding expeditions.

People initially navigated along the coasts.

/thread

>>901980
First boats, or at least rafts, were being used before the first sapiens ever even evolved, homo erectus was able to colonize islands.

I imagine a lot of the first quests out to sea were rafts to hug the coast, and then getting dragged out to the open ocean by currents or a storm.

>>902023
not the polynesians though
they didn´t give a fuck

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Polenysians tho.
>travel literally thousands of miles into unknown waters using nothing but little canoes and string

>>902836
>string
elaborate

>>902836
Polynesians used ornithological migration patterns, stars, and wave patterns to navigate

They'd plant seeds everywhere they went so they could return later for food

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>>901980
>What do you suppose possessed the first man that made a boat and went out to sea?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt856_nRxQk