It also had a shipbuilding industry and for a short time held the record for the largest ship launched. The compass is a dry paper type mounted on a gimble for use on a ship. Captain Forrest could ...

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KEY WEST, Florida: National Park Service archaeologists identified a wrecked seagoing vessel discovered decades ago off the Florida Keys as a British warship that sank in the 18th century.