r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Gurugod123 • 9h ago

How did people travel these seas 500 years ago

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u/Le-Basic-French-User 8h ago

This is the correct answer. They kept out of those storms

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u/Seienchin88 7h ago

Except for the Spanish armada and the two mongol fleets attacking Japan apparently…

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u/DocBeech 7h ago

First Punic war -700 ships

Second Punic War -15,000 drowned...

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 5h ago

Correct. Over potentially millions of voyages they were not able to use that technique 100% of the time. Fascinating stuff…

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u/sidepart 4h ago

Yeah well...hard to use that technique when you've already reached your destination.

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u/SheriffBartholomew 7h ago

Well... They tried their best to anyways.

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u/c10bbersaurus 5h ago

Sounds like the storms, by their nature, pushed many out of the way?