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[ColdFever]

Originally posted by SpencerH
It would be better to not allow galleys access to ocean squares. Galleys were not designed for ocean travel.

There are exceptions: for example the Vikings probably were the first to travel to the New World - in a kind of galley.

In fact this was my wish for the Viking special unit: a galley that safely can cross oceans (this would make up for the bad Viking starting position in the tundra environment).

[SpencerH]

The viking ships were sailing ships not galleys (although they had oars). More importantly in the context of this discussion, they didnt travel to North America directly across the ocean. Instead they travelled from island to island across the North Atlantic (with the benefit of a compass).