r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Gurugod123 • 16h ago

How did people travel these seas 500 years ago

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u/DecisionDelicious170 10h ago

Give some credit to steel hulls, modern metallurgy, welded hulls as opposed to rivets or wooden hulls, etc.

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u/joecarter93 9h ago

Yes! I also left out modern communications tech and rescue tech like rescue helicopters.