Navigation Chart 1850-1900 CE (Pacific) (1 janv. 1850 – 1 janv. 1900)

Description:

- Marshall Islands, Micronesia
- Made by Marshallese navigators
- Made of wooden sticks, fibers, and shells
- The chart consisted of sticks that were placed in specific arrangments in order to represent wave swells and shells represented islands
- Used by navigators before voyages to memorize the environment, charts were almost never brought out to sea.

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