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It’s hard to visualise the true size of the Pacific Ocean until you look at it on a globe (lemmy.today)
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[-] rockSlayer 9 points 2 weeks ago

Not only without GPS, but with some kind of map that isn't scale to the night sky and generally defies Western understanding of maps and assisted navigation

[-] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

If I recall correctly they did it with some kind of reading of wave patterns, possibly along with winds and stars.

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