ancient greek sailors did not have compasses.how do u think they navigated?

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Questions on Ancient greek

Answer 1

They used the stars and the sun to navigate

Answer 2

When they dared to wander out away from the visible coastline they used the stars and the sun. There is good evidence that there were some rather sophisticated navigation methods nevertheless. The Piri Reis map showed up in the hands of Columbus, sourced from some Turk. It was drawn using spherical geometry which was not in use before 1810 or there abouts. Read "Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings" by Charles Hapgood. It is an eye opener by a genuine authority on cartography.

Answer 3

By the stars and the location of the sun. The stars were used for many things back in the day. The sun always rises in the east and sets in the west.

Answer 4

By the sun and the stars. It didn't work all that well. This link talks about Greek navigation and how perhaps were helped by clouds over land or odors.

Answer 5

By using the stars and the Sun. They were able to roughly figure out what latitude they were on.
It wasn't until 1761 that Englishman John Harris developed a naval timepiece accurate enough that mariners could also determine longitude.

Answer 6

Without looking it up, and knowing only what I have learned, I'd say they used a combination of the horizon and celestial bodies positions...like the sun, moon and stars...the sun and moon are predictable and rise and set in the same relative position...the stars "wheel" around, the horizon is always the horizon....may be wrong, may be right...either way it was fun to speculate.

Answer 7

The North star.

Answer 8

They used the stars to navigate.

Answer 9

The stars, the sun

Answer 10

By the sun and the stars