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I know that Christopher (which way to New Delhi?) Columbus' flagship, the Santa Maria made a one-way trip, as he wrecked it near Haiti on the way back. Uh oh, Queen Isabella is going to be mad!
What always amazed me was how they carried enough water for these journeys. I know when they had a chance they replenished at shore but sometimes when they sailed in unchartered waters they weren't certain where fresh water was.
As someone who was in the Navy i admire those early sailors and the hardships they went thru.
I'm sure that's why they would carry so many wooden barrels and pray for rain. Whenever it would rain out at sea they could capture water dropping down some sails and using them as water collectors and funnel the rain into the barrels.
Regardless of how history has judged many of these early oceanic explorers, nobody can argue about the incredible courage they had. Imagine sailing in a relatively small wooden ship of that era out into the ocean and over the horizon, with no real idea of where you were heading to, what would be there when you arrive, how far you were going, how long it would take or if you would survive and return home!
Regardless of how history has judged many of these early oceanic explorers, nobody can argue about the incredible courage they had. Imagine sailing in a relatively small wooden ship of that era out into the ocean and over the horizon, with no real idea of where you were heading to, what would be there when you arrive, how far you were going, how long it would take or if you would survive and return home!
Yeah, and think of those early Polynesians who sailed across the largest body of water on earth (with even more primative equipment) and settled on the most remote (ie most distant from a large land mass) islands on earth - a little cluster of islands they called Havaiki (after their legendary homeland) - which we now know of course as Hawaii.
What always amazed me was how they carried enough water for these journeys. I know when they had a chance they replenished at shore but sometimes when they sailed in unchartered waters they weren't certain where fresh water was.
As someone who was in the Navy i admire those early sailors and the hardships they went thru.
Yep wooden ships and iron men!!!!! Now days it's the other day around
P.S. I was a sailor so don't bust on me it's a joke!!!!!
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