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Poor grammar in Age of Navigation section

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The Age of Navigation section features several instances of incorrect comma usage and sentence fragments. I'm shocked these have lasted almost 3 years with nobody noticing/fixing them. I'll fix a few but this section needs attention. 98.37.77.41 (talk) 00:11, 21 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

History of ship indestery

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History of ship indestery 42.104.135.59 (talk) 07:55, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

South-pointing chariot - will not work on a ship

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The Navigation section includes a mention of a south-pointing chariot. This would not work on a ship (to keep pointing south while the ship rotates). Can anyone explain relevance of this device to maritime navigation? Otherwise I think it should be removed from this article. FrankSier (talk) 16:22, 7 March 2024 (UTC):[reply]

I have just found that the same point was made back in 2018 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Maritime_history/Archives/2018 - with no response, so I have deleted the mention of the device. FrankSier (talk) 17:28, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Portolan chart

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A three sentences in the article make a number of claims about portolan charts, including:

  • "first type of map that labeled North at the top",
  • "drawn proportionate to size",
  • "Landmarks were drawn in great detail."

These might come from the book referenced, but I cannot check that, and I cannot find anything else to support these claims, including the article Portolan chart. The claims seem dubious to me, but I cannot be definite. FrankSier (talk) 17:04, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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In "Age of Steam" > "1850 to the end of the century," all ships designed by Lewis Nixon have a hypertext link except the USS Oregon. 2600:1700:4010:8F30:3DD9:9397:4446:4551 (talk) 21:29, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]