Ancient Mariners

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Excerpt from Ancient Mariners: The Story of Ships, and Sea RoutesThe first steps in the history Of navigation are still largely conjectural. The earliest and most primitive form Of sea transport may have been the solid log which eventually became transformed into the dug out canoe. The simple log survived until recent times as a means Of navigation in several outlying parts Of the earth. Pointed logs have been reported among certain Of the aboriginal peoples Of North Australia, and they were used by many North Amer ican peoples in crossing rivers.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.