First off, this question should read who is the sexton in a church. A sextant is an instrument used for maritime navigation.
Sexton: from the free, online dictionary,(n.) An under officer of a church, whose business is to take care of the church building and the vessels, vestments, etc., belonging to the church, to attend on the officiating clergyman, and to perform other duties pertaining to the church, such as to dig graves, ring the bell, etc.you can find sextant on history.com
you use a sextant to navigate.
you draw a sextant by looking at googler in the images.
the sextant helped me navagate my way to alaska
how many years that the sextant become a symbol of navigation
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Yes Christopher Columbus did use a sextant along with a compass, ampoletta, and a cross staff.
The term "sextant" comes from the Latin word "sextans," meaning one-sixth. This refers to the instrument's ability to measure angles up to one-sixth of a circle (60 degrees). The sextant is commonly used in navigation to determine the altitude of celestial bodies.
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