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Choose the various reference points utilised by explorers in the past to navigate around the Earth.

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Waves
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Birds
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Weather
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Stars
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Solution

The correct options are
A Waves
B Birds
C Weather
D Stars
Explorers have been known to use reference points such as the size of waves, weather patterns, birds, and the position of stars while navigating across the globe. Although inaccuracies existed in these methods, it sometimes led to interesting discoveries, as in the case of Christopher Columbus.

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