But they had no accurate way of measuring their longitude ​ — how far east or west they had traveled. By the early 18th century, hundreds of ships were plying the Atlantic each year, and shipwrecks were common.
Во почетокот на 18 век, Атлантскиот Океан го преминувале стотици бродови годишно, а бродоломите биле вообичаена појава.