The story of the invention of the rudder, and how it revolutionized the world of sailing.
We’ve heard about it. We have probably used the phrase “to be rudderless.” We probably felt aimless at times. We might even know that boats and planes have rudders and that they function the same way, as control services. What we may not know is without the development of the trusted rudder the direction and development of humankind might have been vastly different.
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Blogpost: https://offshoreexplorer.blogspot.com/2019/11/going-where-i-meant-to-go.html
Chinese Junk: https://www.dkfindout.com/us/history/ancient-china/chinese-junk/
Port of Los Angeles: https://www.portoflosangeles.org/
Chinese Explorers, Xu Fu: http://www.thatsmags.com/shanghai/post/8212/history-of-the-hai-chinas-most-famed-explorers-and-adventurers
History of Port of Los Angeles: https://www.dailynews.com/2007/12/05/port-of-los-angeles-marks-100-years-since-its-creation/
Development of The Rudder: https://www.medievalists.net/2010/06/the-development-of-the-rudder-100-1600-a-d-a-technological-tale/