Naval strategy questions

[Bobby Chicken]

so the area arround the ice caps is coast?

[Bobby Chicken]

it also sounds to me like it is theoretically possible to circumnavigate the globe without ever building a single ship.

[Proteus_MST]

Originally posted by Bobby Chicken
so the area arround the ice caps is coast?

Nope it isn´t,
at least not in Civ IV.
Ice tiles don´t count as land masses and therefore don´t give you coast tiles.
You can even dive below them with a submarine

[Quillan]

Originally posted by Bobby Chicken
it also sounds to me like it is theoretically possible to circumnavigate the globe without ever building a single ship.

In theory, yes this is possible. You'd have to get to paper, buy maps from all the other nations you've met, and hope those cover the entire world. If they do, and if nobody else has satisfied the conditions, you'll get the bonus.

[Enigma_Nova]

It would be quite hard to do.
However, I've seen Montezuma doing it.
I was playing Bismarck on a Duel map, Continents.
After sending my galleys around a bit, My Continent and His almost gave the circum bonus, but there were 2 black lines that weren't covered.
I stole land from his continent by Settler-spamming it, allowing me to get the Tech lead.
When I got Optics, I explored the black line closest to my continent.

-fast forward multiple turns-
I'm taking pity on Montezuma, not having Optics yet (an unimproved whale), with me having paper. The poor sod has -1- galley and all it has done is sit in his capital.
I trade him my world map.
His capital culturally explands.
He Circumnavigates the Globe.
>.<

[Proteus_MST]

Hm, yes, I was also able to circumnavigate the globe with a single galley that was stationd just in front of my continent as it couldn´t leave it because the continent was surrounded by ocean

But of course that is different from having no ship at all and getting the "circumnavigate"-event.
After all it could theoretically be possible that the programmers built in a "has_Ship" - Flag and only Civs with at least a single ship (i.e. has_Ship-Flag set) can get the circumnavigate-event

[Enigma_Nova]

"Your ships have circumnavigated the globe!"
"... What ships?"
"You know, these little paper ships we made with all the maps that we've been getting TOOT TOOT Tugga Tugga Tugga ..."

[Hauptman]

Originally posted by Enigma_Nova
"Your ships have circumnavigated the globe!"
"... What ships?"
"You know, these little paper ships we made with all the maps that we've been getting TOOT TOOT Tugga Tugga Tugga ..."

ROFL Imma giddy little school girl right now... hahah