Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 249, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1917 — Navigation. [ARTICLE]

Navigation.

A ship at sea is constantly changing it* position on the earth’s surface, and it requires some skill to keep It In It* prescribed path to its destination. The oldest navigators were the Pheniclans. These hardy voyagers sailed from one end of the Mediterranean sea to the other and out into the open Atlantic without compass or chart, guided by the sun by day and by the Great Dipper at night In those days the dipper was much nearer the pole than It is now and indicated the true north fairly well. ■ < .