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Show Circumnavigation as Done By Young Naval Officer A young naval officer whose marks in navigation had not been all that might have been desired, was set to "shooting the sun" to determine the ship's position. The vessel was somewhere west of Penzance. After a while the junior delivered the result of his calculations. Shortly afterwards, the captain sent for him. "Young man," he " said, seriously, "remove your cap. We are now on a hallowed spot." n "Beg your pardon, sir?" "Yes, sir," said the captain. "If you f have calculated accurately, we are 1 now right smack in the middle of 1 Westminster Abbey." |