, ▁and ▁use ▁of ▁waves ▁and ▁sw ells ▁to ▁detect ▁nearby ▁land . ▁Songs , ▁myth ological ▁stories , ▁and ▁star ▁charts ▁were ▁used ▁to ▁help ▁people ▁remember ▁important ▁navig ational ▁information . ▁Meanwhile , ▁Aust ron es ians ▁in ▁Island ▁S out heast ▁Asia ▁began ▁the ▁first ▁true ▁mar itime ▁trade ▁networks ▁by ▁about ▁ 1 0 0 0 ▁BC , ▁linking ▁China , ▁southern ▁India , ▁the ▁Middle ▁East , ▁and ▁coast al ▁eastern ▁Africa . ▁S ett lers ▁from ▁Bor neo ▁reached ▁Mad agas car ▁by ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 st ▁mill en ni um ▁AD ▁and ▁colon ized ▁it ▁by ▁AD ▁ 5 0 0 . ▁ ▁Mediter rane an ▁S ail ors ▁navig ating ▁in ▁the ▁Mediter rane an ▁made ▁use ▁of ▁several ▁techniques ▁to ▁determine ▁their ▁location , ▁including ▁stay ing ▁in ▁sight ▁of ▁land ▁and ▁understanding ▁of ▁the ▁wind s ▁and ▁their ▁t endencies . ▁M ino ans ▁of ▁Cre te ▁are ▁an ▁example ▁of ▁an ▁early ▁Western ▁civil ization ▁that ▁used ▁cel est ial ▁navigation . ▁Their ▁pal aces ▁and ▁mount aint op ▁san ctu aries ▁exhib it ▁architect ural ▁features ▁that ▁align ▁with ▁the ▁rising ▁sun ▁on ▁the ▁equ ino xes , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁rising ▁and ▁setting ▁of ▁particular ▁stars . ▁The ▁M ino ans ▁made ▁sea ▁voy ages ▁to ▁the ▁island ▁of ▁Th era ▁and ▁to ▁Egypt . ▁Both ▁of ▁these ▁tri ps ▁would ▁have ▁taken ▁more ▁than ▁a ▁day ' s ▁sail ▁for ▁the ▁M ino ans ▁and ▁would ▁have