May 17, 2026
European explorers discovered the ability to sail around Africa to reach India in 1488, four years before Christopher Columbus reached the Americas.
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In the Sea-Language: Sailing Terms in Britannica’s First Edition
The following is a small list of sailing terms included in the first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, originally published in 1768–71. If you are a particular fan of sailing, you may recognize some of these as terms still in use today, although some of them are a bit more obscure. If you’ve
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