Andite sailors crossing "the Pacific by easy stages, tarrying on the many islands" = The Polynesian voyaging ancestor-heroes

The UB's account of the 132 Andite sailors (78:5.7) states that they "crossed the Pacific by easy stages, tarrying on the many islands they found along the way. The islands of the Polynesian group were both more numerous and larger then than now, and these Andite sailors, together with some who followed them, biologically modified the native groups in transit." Polynesian oral tradition consistently tells of voyaging ancestor-heroes who arrived from the west in great canoes, taught the people navigation and agriculture, and left lasting lineages. The specific UB detail of "more numerous and larger islands" than exist today matches submerged Pacific landmass evidence that has only recently entered the archaeological discussion.