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- Marco Polo (6716 bytes)
16: ...r one night during which the Polos dressed in the simple clothes of a peasant in China. Shortly before the...
40: ...olo (ship)|''Marco Polo'']] was the first ship to sail around the world in under six months. Several shi... - Ship (18843 bytes)
2: ...l define the exact size (or the number of [[mast (sailing)|mast]]s) which a boat requires to become a sh...
4: ...uch a vessel would normally have one fore and aft sail on her aftermost mast which was usually the mizze...
6: '''[[Nautical]]''' means related to sailors, particularly customs and practices at [[sea]]...
14: ...and engaged some [[engineer]]s to derive a fairly simple [[formula]] to determine the position of a line o...
17: ...ars propelled [[galley]]s or the wind propelled [[sailing ship]]s. - Indus Valley Civilization (23571 bytes)
55: ...bly small, flat-bottomed craft, perhaps driven by sail, similar to those one can see on the Indus River ...
62: ...l left by rivers after the flood season, but this simple method of agriculture is not thought to be produc... - Navigation (15650 bytes)
20: ...ere said to have used these navigation methods to sail to the Hawaiian Islands from the [[Marquesas Isla...
57: ...sition. The math required for sight reduction is simple addition and subtraction, if sight-reduction tabl...
75: Most sailors have always been able find absolute north from...
82: ...rpenter's angle with graduated marks on it. Most sailors could use this instrument to take sun sights, ...
88: ...re. Using these techniques, masters successfully sailed from the eastern [[Mediterranean]] to the south... - Viking Age (10637 bytes)
8: ...particularly hard-hit by these raiders, who could sail down the [[Seine]] with near impunity. The region...
10: In 911, the French king, [[Charles the Simple]], was able to make an agreement with the viking ...
23: The Danes sailed south, to [[Friesland]], France and the souther...
43: The Swedes sailed to east into Russia, where [[Rurik]] founded th...
50: ...raught were customarily used. They were competent sailors, adept in land warfare as well as at sea, and ...
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