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Navigation

THE skill of finding your way from one place to another is called navigation. Up until the 20th century, navigation mostly referred to the art of determining the position of a ship and plotting a course for it to a specific destination.

The word “navigation” is derived from the Latin words navis (ship) and agere (to drive). Today the word also refers to plotting a course on land, in the air and even in space. Here’s how navigation developed into the accurate science it is today.

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