North Sea Navigation in the Dark Ages

What is it about?

This paper considers how, during the “Dark Ages”, sailors in the North Sea might have navigated, including the use of sounding rods and lead-lines for way-finding during a time when no other navigational instruments were available.

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Why is it important?

Because of the lack of contemporary records little has been published in this field. The authors consider the use of depth-finding in earlier and later times to shed light on how the early North-Sea sailors might have operated. The few contemporary records that exist are also discussed.