Equivalents
From China (especially northern China), the stars of Carina can barely be seen. The star Canopus (the south polar star in Chinese astronomy) was located by Chinese astronomers in the The Vermillion Bird of the South (南方朱雀, Nán Fāng Zhū Què). The rest of the stars were first classified by Xu Guanggi during the Ming Dynasty, based on the knowledge acquired from western star charts, and placed among the The Southern Asterisms (近南極星區, Jìnnánjíxīngōu).
Polynesian peoples had many names for Canopus, though not for the constellation in particular. The Maori had several different names for Canopus: Ariki, Aotahi (also Autahi), Atutahi, Kapae-poto, and Kauanga. The people of the Society Islands had two names, as did the Tuamotu people. The Society Islanders called Canopus Taurua-e-tupu-tai-nanu and Taurua-nui-o-te-hiti-apatoa; the Tuamotu people called the star Te Tau-rari and Marere-te-tavahi. The Hawaiian people called Canopus by just one name, Ke Alii-o-kona-i-ka-lewa.
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