To: colorado tanker
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04/14/2010 5:45:41 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
I was thinking more of sailing technology and especially ships that were better at tacking or beating into the wind. Ships that were better at sailing into headwinds didn't arrive in the Indian Ocean until after the Roman era, IIRC.
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