History of Navigation

History Of Navigation

In the pre-modern history of human migration and discovery of new lands by navigating the oceans, a few peoples have excelled as seafaring explorers. Prominent examples are the Phoenicians, the ancient Greeks, the Persians, the Arabians, the Norse, the Austronesian peoples including the Malays, and the Polynesians and the Micronesians of the Pacific Ocean.

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