No doubt, however, landmarks did provide the earliest aid to navigation, and in the eastern Mediterranean, where nautical science was born, ships would not normally have been out of sight of land for more than a day or two.
Akhomathandabuzo, nokuba, iimpawu zomhlaba zanikela ngoqhubo lweenqanawa elwandle lokuqala, nakwimpuma yeMediterranean, apho inzululwazi ngenyuthikhi yazalwa, iinqanawa bezingafanelanga zibe ziyasuka emhlabeni ngaphezu kosuku okanye amabini.