Young Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zyA4qQ7EvI 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destraex Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Thanks Young. I will be watching this with great interest.Especially in the hope this game gets some of these tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredAMG Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Hello, this documentary is actually called "Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude", talking about the history of navigation at sea without mention of the Portuguese in unthinkable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiddWilliams Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 I cant see this video. Video is no longer available.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrik die Seevaarder Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Is this it? Thanks for the bump. Planning on watching this tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xoosch Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 But.... but.... according to Naval Action, here is no Navigation at Sea. You look where you are and drive in the approximate direction of your target. Are you saying Naval Action is lying? huh?? huhhh??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalriaden Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 But.... but.... according to Naval Action, here is no Navigation at Sea. You look where you are and drive in the approximate direction of your target. Are you saying Naval Action is lying? huh?? huhhh??? well the sextant wasn't invented until like 1730... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghroznak Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 (edited) Great video Enjoyed watching it and the history behind the marine chronometer well the sextant wasn't invented until like 1730... True, but the sextant was an evolved tool. Unlike the chronometer for finding longitude, there were other tools before the sextant to measure your latitude, such as the cross-staff. Granted, it wasn't as accurate as the sextant, or as user friendly as it was designed to be used on land and not a moving ship, it still allowed for finding the angle between horizon and the sun, ergo your latitude. Cross-staff was used as early as the mid 1300's. Edited February 12, 2016 by Ghroznak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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