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Hard to say as no person is still alive from that period Probably 7-10 based on Spanish ships from that period.
Hernan Cortes ordered his men to burn all but one of their ships. Cortes reasoned that by eliminating their only method of retreat, his men had no choice but to fight hard to win against the Aztecs, which they ultimately did (Global Business Today (2010)).
By torpedoing their enemy ships: it was all they could do and were designed to do; but anti-submarine warfare was in its infancy and submarines were very hard to detect once submerged. They are even stealthier now.
My Uncle Albert Fish - What ships was he on in the navy?
The antonym for "sodbuster" is "city-dweller" or "urbanite." Sodbuster typically refers to a farmer or agricultural worker in a rural setting, so the opposite would be someone living in a city or urban area.
1830
dry farming
A sodbuster refers to a farmer who plowed the sod-filled ground to plant or build on the land. The term first came out during the American Civil War.
A Sodbuster is a person who operates a farm.
The Guns of Will Sonnett - 1967 The Sodbuster 2-22 was released on: USA: 14 March 1969
he overcame hard ships lack of foos, men clothes, shelter, and suplies
In the early days of pioneering the US, a small farmer.
Helen of Troy
The life of a sodbuster was very difficult and arduous. since they were the first ones on the land, they had to turn the soil, in order to break up the hard topsoil (sod) They lived in poorly built sod houses, that were small and had dirt floors. They often didn't have a social life, as the house were miles away from each other. Many of them became depressed and insane. They made little to no money on the land, and did back-breaking work.
The Face That Launched 1000 Ships (The Face of Helen of Troy)
A Northwest passage for surface ships did not exist.