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How Medieval Sailors Navigated Massive Waves Without Modern Tech
Attention is turning to how medieval sailors crossed vast oceans without GPS, radar or modern instruments, navigating enormous waves using tools like the astrolabe, compass, dead reckoning and observation of stars, winds and currents. Discussion highlights the skill and courage of these seafarers, and how their techniques allowed long-distance voyages centuries before modern navigation technology existed.
Why now: Interest in historical seafaring ingenuity resurfaces as people marvel at navigation achieved without modern technology.
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