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Age of Reconnaissance - Coggle Diagram
Age of Reconnaissance
Hardships of exploration
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No sanitation, bad weather
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Uncertainty of return, long time away from home
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Important people
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Prince Henry the Navigator: from Portugal, heavy-handed in discovering new land and sailing for long periods of time. Not looking for fame like Columbus and Cortes
Mestre Jacome, astronomy expert that helped on preliminary sailing trips
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New techniques
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Engraving maps, making globes
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How did these help?
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Maps for seamen could use jargon and landmarks that would be easily distinguishable to those in the field
The more accurate the map, the better the understanding