ʻAlia
Samoan Watercraft
ʻAlia is the Samoan adaptation of a drua or double-hulled Polynesian sailing watercraft. They could be over 70 feet and carry more than 100 men. These ships were built in the 18th century and was meant for war, they mostly carried cannons, which they used for wars. Similar ships mostly boarded each other, where they created a type of platform, where the warriors fought on.
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- Va'a tele or 'alia at Mulinu'u, Samoa, circa 1910.jpg by Photographer possibly Louis John Daroux., Public domain
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