Today I know we have the technology to position anything accurately within a few feet. But how would sailors in old times measure distance and have maps of the sea? Why is there a nautical mile and different from the land mile?
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Knots traveled in a 1 minutes span. 1 knot is equal to 1 fathom. If you moved 20 fathoms in a minute you moved 180 ft. A fathom is 6 feet
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