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Timucuan - A navigation tool - Public domain  engraving

Timucuan - A navigation tool - Public domain engraving

Compendium or pocket-dial or sun-dial, circa 1577. Used for early navigation. Silver, three part dial, middle has engraving of single-masted sailing ship and names of European ports are listed around edges. (T... More

Quartermaster 3rd Class Brandon Chandler explains how to use a sextant, a navigation tool used to determine the latitude of a ship at sea, to rap artist Jasiel

Quartermaster 3rd Class Brandon Chandler explains how to use a sextant...

YOKOSUKA, Japan (Feb. 13, 2009) Quartermaster 3rd Class Brandon Chandler explains how to use a sextant, a navigation tool used to determine the latitude of a ship at sea, to rap artist Jasiel "Yung Joc" Robinso... More