Although the first definite endeavour to locate the Golden Chersonese thus dates from the middle of the 2nd century of our era, the name was apparently well known to the learned of Europe at a somewhat earlier period, and in his Antiquities of the Jews, written during the latter half of the 1st century, Josephus says that Solomon gave to the pilots furnished to him by Hiram of Tyre commands " that they should go along with his stewards to the land that of old was called Ophir, but now the Aurea Chersonesus, which belongs to India, to fetch gold." [Please select]
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Six years later the Emperor Charles V made him 'Chief Pilot and Examiner of Pilots.' [Please select]
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According to pilots who had been in Lisbon, all the Spanish and Portuguese wharves were building ships. [Please select]
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Without pilots they had steered their ships through treacherous channels in the river and through the dangerous "Traverse" near Cap Tourmente. [Please select]
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Fulton told her of the stars, and how the pilots set their course. [Please select]
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A Greek was in command, and the pilots, said to be familiar with all the Eastern seas, were Greek. [Please select]
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The pilots are said to "pool their issues," and divide their fees. [Please select]
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