Ancient sailors A) used tacking to help stay close to the shore at night. B) avoided sailing near shores because of strong currents. C) rarely spent a night at sea. D) probably learned to navigate using the quadrant and compass. 3. The Age of Discovery was spurred on by A) the invention of the printing press. B) the introduction of Ptolmey’s geography to Europe. C) Prince Henry’s naval observatory. D) All of the above. 4. The primary motivation for European
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winds and currents created barriers to traffic for thousands of years.” . These barriers prevented maritime exploration until as Davidson states “Until the1430s the seaboard nations of Europe possessed no ships that were good enough for long range discovery…. Through the Arabs
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Can someone who failed at his or her original goal‚ still succeed? Ferdinand Magellan was born in Portugal and moved to Spain when he was older. He studied mapmaking and astronomy and he was also an explorer. He sailed to East Africa and Malaysia. In his times many people didn’t think that the world is round or that you can sail around the world. Magellan challenged this and set out on a journey to circumnavigate the globe despite people’s beliefs. The Spaniards funded his long trip. Though some
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when heavy winds blew his ship to the coast of North America. It was not until 300 years later‚ in the 1400s‚ when people became interested in the discovery of new land and when Henry the Navigator advanced exploration by building a navigation school. Advancements in technology and a desire for new goods and new trade routes helped bring about the Age of Exploration‚ while slavery‚ disease‚ and war were some negative effects of the colonization of the New World. Technology in Europe advanced the
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country exported far more than it imported. * Triangular trade: The rianglular trade developed form the Columbian Exchange that links Africa‚ the New World‚ and Europe by trade. Both Europe and the New world were transformed as a result of the Age of Exploration and the exchanges that
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From the late 1400’s to the sixteenth century‚ European kings and queens were overwhelmed by‚ what is now known as‚ the Age of Discovery. With all the extensive overseas exploration by European nations trying to colonize on foreign land and globalize‚ many explorers took their chance to propose an idea for voyage. Arguably one of the greatest sails man and captain in history‚ Christopher Columbus first proposed his idea to sail west into the Atlantic Ocean to Portuguese royalty‚ where it was rejected
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century. During the fifteenth century a Portuguese Navigator by the name of Prince Henry sent his explorers on a journey around the world and told them to bring back any exotic food or fruit they discover and this is came to be known as the “Age of Discovery”. This event caused Portugal to develop far more food groups and many more diverse meals which further influenced their culture into a more diversified one. Types of Foods Eaten Portugal as discussed above is rich in the tradition of food
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In the 15th century‚ the western and eastern sail technology was comparable. The mariner’s compass‚ so crucial to navigation out of sight of land‚ was developed from the Chinese magnetized needle of the 8th century‚ and it traveled via land route to the Mediterranean where about the 12th century the Europeans or the Arabs developed the true mariner’s compass (floating)‚ but China soon received the improved model.27 So both East and West had the mariner’s compass in the 15th century. Stern post rudders
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response to the truthfulness of aforementioned statement‚ many factors must be taken into consideration. For example‚ if the act that led to the fame and glory of an explorer was actually founded in logic and science or if it was luck that led to their discovery and subsequent recognition. Also‚ one would have to consider the difference between their motives and the actual findings. For example‚ if they accomplished what they set out to do or if they ultimately failed in the mission they attempted to
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role it played in everyday life‚ while other matters were unique to their time‚ such as the medieval selling of indulgences‚ or the early modern Reformation of the Church. These examples illustrate clearly the mixture of change and stasis in the two ages‚ as a subject shared by both periods yielded so great a diversity of issues. The distinction of the eras makes it evident that some change did occur‚ but as the period of time between them was not very great‚ the change must be limited. Everyman and
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