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Who needs a compass? Who needs a sextant?
From: Jackson McDonald
Date: 2020 Aug 18, 13:07 +0000
From: Jackson McDonald
Date: 2020 Aug 18, 13:07 +0000
From The New York Times:
Marvin Creamer, a Mariner Who Sailed Like the Ancients, Dies at 104
No GPS for him, not even a sextant; the sun and the stars did nicely. He was the first recorded person to sail round the world without navigational instruments.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/17/sports/sailing/marvin-creamer-a-mariner-who-sailed-like-the-ancients-dies-at-104.html?smid=em-share
