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Early Maritime Navigation – Classroom Activity Asia Folder Part of the Wubei Zhi chart of Zheng He showing the west coast of India along the top, Ceylon top right and Africa along the bottom. The s…
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Early Maritime Navigation Inquiry Unit Compass Lesson Plan - Supporting Question 3 Task With a towel placed over their heads and the only visual being that of a magnetized needle, set on a plasti…
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The open sea is a never-ending desert of water – the same in all directions. How did ancient mariners cross the ocean without GPS? The principles behind “modern” innovations used by our GPS-enab…
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