steering oar
41Kon-Tiki — is the raft used by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl in his 1947 expedition across the Pacific Ocean from South America to the Polynesian islands. It was named after the Inca sun god, Viracocha, for whom Kon Tiki was said to be an old …
42Cog (ship) — …
43Sebbe Als — is a replica of a Viking ship, Skuldelev wreck no. 5. She is the oldest sailing fiver in Denmark.ConstructionA sailing trip with the Imme Gram and the then newly found Skuldelev wrecks became the inspiration for the creation of Sebbe Als .She was …
44Dogger (boat) — A dogger viewed from before the port beam. Her gaff mainsail is brailed up and her lateen mizzen is set. c. 1675 by Willem van de Velde the Younger The dogger was a form of fishing boat, developed during the seventeenth century, that commonly… …
45Anthropology and Archaeology — ▪ 2009 Introduction Anthropology Among the key developments in 2008 in the field of physical anthropology was the discovery by a large interdisciplinary team of Spanish and American scientists in northern Spain of a partial mandible (lower… …
46Maritime history of England — The Maritime history of England involves events including shipping, ports, navigation, and seamen, as well as marine sciences, exploration, trade, and maritime themes in the arts of England. Until the advent of air transport and the creation of… …
47pilot — {{11}}pilot (n.) 1510s, one who steers a ship, from M.Fr. pillot, from It. piloto, O.It. pedoto, usually said to be from Medieval Gk. *pedotes rudder, helmsman, from Gk. pedon steering oar, related to pous (gen. podos) foot (see FOOT (Cf. foot)) …
48shark — (n.) 1560s, of uncertain origin; apparently the word and the first specimen were brought to London by Capt. John Hawkins s second expedition (landed 1565; see Hakluyt). There is no proper name for it that I knowe, but that sertayne men of… …
49port — port1 [pôrt] n. [ME < OFr & OE < L portus, haven, entrance: see FORD] 1. a harbor 2. a city or town with a harbor where ships can load and unload cargo 3. PORT OF ENTRY port2 [pôrt] n. [after Opo …
50boatheader — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : one that is in charge of a whaleboat or a small boat putting off from a larger boat in the cod or halibut fisheries; especially : an officer who stands in the stern sheets of a whaleboat and manipulates the steering oar and… …
