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Who among the following used birds to help him find his way to Iceland?

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Ferdinand Magellan
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Hrafna-Floki Vilgerdarson
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Christopher Columbus
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James Cook
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Solution

The correct option is B Hrafna-Floki Vilgerdarson
Vilgerdarson is said to have utilised ravens as a means to gauge whether his ship was near land. If the bird made its way back to the ship, he would assume that there was no land in the vicinity. If the bird disappeared, he would assume the opposite and head in the general direction in which the bird had flown.

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