THE PACIFIC Back to The Pacific: A.D. 301 to 400 We re-state here that in the absence of definite time markers for the Pacific we shall not attempt century by century documentation. Please see preceding centuries. The classical legend of the discovery of the Hawaiian Islands in this century by a Polynesian chieftain, Hawaii Loa, after sailing 2,400 miles from an island near Tahiti, as mentioned by Trager (Ref. 222) is no longer tenable in the light of recent discoveries.Forward to The Pacific: A.D. 501 to 600 Choose Different Region Intro to Era Africa America Central and Northern Asia Europe The Far East The Indian Subcontinent The Near East