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Main developments in European exploration - Coggle Diagram
Main developments in European exploration
Invention of the caravel
Highly maneruable
Seaworthy
Cheap to build
It could be used, by different purposes
Carrying cargo
Being a warship
Even a fishing boat
Astrolabe
was an astronomical measuring tool
Assists sailors with calculating their latitude
it measures the altitude of the sun, and porminent stars as they relate to the horizon
it wasent used at sea until 1481
Trasverse board
Simple device that was essencial for ships
To document their speed
It acted as the ship´s computer or
Recording all of its movements
Sand hour glasses
to have an idea of what hour it was, especially in shps
Helped maintain a schedule for the crew
Vital to calculate the speed of the ship.
The construction of the galleon
It Could serve as a cargo in peacetime
It could be outfited to be a floating fortress during times of war
The magnetic compass and rose
Powerful navigational tool
Sailors needed it to sail uncharted waters
the compass was developed in China, back in the 11th Century
Kemal
it consisted of a string and a piece of wood
used to estimate the vessels latitude
How? one would hold the string close to them and then hold out the piece of wood.
with that they could estimate their current latitude
it was developed by the ELA, the arabs in the 9th century
Stern post rudder
sextant
could be used as the line between the horizon and the stars