Which consequence resulted when 18th-century navigators miscalculated longitude using dead reckoning alone?

💡 Explanation

When longitude was incorrectly calculated via dead reckoning during long voyages, accumulated errors occurred stemming from estimations of speed and direction, leading to inaccurate position plots and potentially causing shipwrecks on unseen land. Therefore charting inaccuracy resulted, rather than structural failure, explosions or infection, which depend on metallurgy, cargo handling or sanitation failures respectively.

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