"Milton Waddams" wrote in message
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With everyone going on about Roman, Phoenician and Egyptian sailors
one would think they invented sailing. The greatest sailors were the
Polynesians. They had the fastest boats and ranged over the greatest
area of sea. They were also the best navigators, all without compass,
astrolabs and telescopes.
The Mediterranean is just a big lake and so are the "seas" in the
Arabic countries.The Egyptians did make it to Australia, the credit is
due. But the Polynesians were #1 and I'd say the Chinese #2.

Good and valid observation. It stands the logic test that islanders are
the best sailors. As for Arabs, those frigging camel jockeys can't do
anything worthwhile. I read someplace the only thing Arabian culture has
given the world is some math principles. Otherwise they only serve to
hinder progress. It's been pretty well proven that if Arabs and Islam
never got a foothold on the planet, humanity would have progressed at a
more rapid pace. They are like a cancer slowly destroying humanity from
within.

Wilbur Hubbard