Sextant from the Battle of Lake Erie, 1813

from A History of the Navy in 100 Objects · host United States Naval Academy

Video 9 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is discusses a sextant used in the Battle of Lake Eerie in 1813.

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Before the advent of GPS, how did sailors navigate across the open ocean? Did you know that the War of 1812 raged all over the country, including a great naval victory for the fledgling U.S. states on waters of Lake Erie? What is a sextant and how is it used? This are the questions answered by today's episode.

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