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Sextant. Celestial navigation at sea. Sailor using sextant. Travel and navigation.
Travel and Navigation
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Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)
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The rise of oceanic navigation began when the basic Mediterranean trading vessel, the Venetian buss (a full-bodied, rounded two-masted ship), passed through the Strait of Gibraltar. At the time of Richard I of England (reigned 1189–99), whose familiarity with Mediterranean shipping stemmed from his participation in the Crusades, Mediterranean navigation had evolved in two directions: the galley had become a rowed fighting ship and the buss a sail-propelled trader’s vessel. From Richard’s crusading expeditions the value of the forecastle and aftercastle—giving enclosed deck houses and a bulging bow of great capacity—was learned, and this style became the basis of the ...(100 of 22970 words)

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