Tacking itself was one of the most important technological developments of transportation. IIUC there were occasional examples early on but it didn’t really catch on as a common method until the Renaissance. After that, IIUC it was one of the major drivers of Europe’s dominance of the seas.
Tacking itself was one of the most important technological developments of transportation. IIUC there were occasional examples early on but it didn’t really catch on as a common method until the Renaissance. After that, IIUC it was one of the major drivers of Europe’s dominance of the seas.
Thanks—I did not know that. Alexander the Great’s ships would have had oars, but I guess it wasn’t enough.