Pirate ships often flew the flag of a friendly country as they sailed toward the ship they planned to rob.

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Ships often sank. No one could survive the freezing waters in this dangerous area if the ship went down.

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The navigator also had to add any movement of the ship to the side caused by waves or the wind.

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She researched some of the places Darwin visited on his trip on the ship H.M.S.Beagle in the eighteen thirties.

VOA: special.2009.02.27

Their goal: hijack the ship and hold the crew hostage until the ship's owners paid for their release.

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He offered the pirates a deal. He suggested the pirates could escape using one of the ship's lifeboats.

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He came off the ship Excelsior in San Francisco with one hundred thirty thousand dollars worth of gold.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done, From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won;

VOA: special.2009.12.31

They landed in the Pacific Ocean, only six kilometers from the ship that waited to rescue them.

VOA: special.2009.07.29

After the whale was dead, the sailors would then slowly and with great effort take it all the way back to the ship.

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Part of Eleanor Creesy's work was to find out how far the ship had traveled each day.

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These two cannons,however, were on a part of the ship that could turn in a complete circle.

VOA: special.2009.09.10

Captain Richard Phillips sounded a warning and the crew took positions in several parts of the ship.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

A navigator would take the last known position of the ship, then add the ship's speed.

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