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Marine navigation is the art and science of steering a ship from a starting point (sailing) to a destination, efficiently and responsibly. It is an art because of the skill that the navigator must have to avoid the dangers of navigation, and it is a science because it is based on physical, mathematical, oceanographic, cartographic, astronomical, and other knowledge. Marine navigation can be surface or submarine. Etymology Navigation (from the Latin word ''navigatio'') is the act of sailing or voyaging. Nautical (from Latin ''nautĭca'', and this from Greek ναυτική �έχνη''nautikḗ éjne' " rt ofsailing" and from ναύτης ''nautes'' "sailor") is that pertaining to navigation and the science and art of sailing. Naval (from the Latin adjective ''navalis'') is that relating to ships and navigation, or particularly to the navy. In Ancient Rome, the ''navicularii'' conducted long-distance trade by sea. History Coastal navigation was practiced since the most an ...
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Table Of Geography And Hydrography, Cyclopaedia, Volume 1
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