[Aztlan] Meso trade in Hawaii

[Andrea Ludden]

Just a quick note that not too long ago 3 Mexican fishermen where found off
the coast of the Marshall Islands, between Hawaii and New Guinea. here is a
news article about it:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20060817-1037-mexico-fishermenrescued.html

Saludos,
Andrea Ludden


From: "Robert Evans" <revans at atoda.com>
Subject: RE: [Aztlan] Meso trade in Hawaii


>> But why does a manned canoe have to make it across? And back? I'm sure
that
> over the ages there were many thousands of traders lost at sea. All it
would
> take is one nicely packed trader's canoe to get thrown off course. The
> unfortunate trader would die of exposure or drowning. The canoe could
float
> for many months until it eventually either was found by Polynesians just
> offshore, or washed up on the beach. The top part of the cargo would
> probably be baked dry, and the bottom water logged, but the stuff in the
> middle would have kept fine.